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Double trouble

  • Writer: Team Swandro
    Team Swandro
  • 3 minutes ago
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A double dig diary today to make up for the non-appearance of yesterday's edition (with apologies to Alice's dad who is our no.1 fan and who has been wondering what happened). Alice did get Star Find of the day yesterday with the cracking piece of cordoned pottery:

Here it is in close up:

Alice was once again called in to play drone whisperer during the morning's site photos, those drones are pretty expensive hence the look of concentration during the delicate landings:

New volunteer Delton, in real life a post grad student, enlivened tea break by bringing his guitar to site with him, a first for Team Swandro:

We also had a visit from Prof. Jane Downes of the UHI Archaeology Institute, together with Julie Gibson, our retired County Archaeologist:

Also visiting us today was Dr Ramona Harrison, Associate Professor at the University of Bergen, who usually works in Iceland and the Faroes, but is an old friend of site directors Steve & Julie:

Finally to finish a short video overview of the site today - enjoy!



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