Double trouble
- Jul 23, 2025
- 1 min read
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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this was a really nice little update on the double dig day and it made me smile reading about how the team carried on with two areas of the site at once to make up for the missing post, it feels like a proper behind-the-scenes snapshot of what goes on during a dig rather than just a polished summary. i liked hearing about alice getting star find of the day with that piece of pottery and how everyone pitched in, and the mention of the drone landings with alice looking so concentrated made me laugh because it shows the little human moments that make fieldwork fun and unpredictable. it also sounds like a lovely friendly atmosphere with new volunteers and…
Can I PLEASE volunteer and join in your Dig. I am a beginner i shall be extremely careful and do everything I'm told 😊. I can stay more than a week with rests in between. I am a retired boarding school Matron (but I'm not an old battle axe! 🙃 from devonmaid28@gmail.com