Star Finds Galore
- Aug 3, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 1, 2025
Jackie struck again today with her Star Find of the Day, both halves of a little stone lamp, only just getting it in under the wire right at the end of the day:
It was our Open Day today and the sun shone all day, Alan was in full flow in his other persona as a Living History Reenactor:
He had earlier been on site finishing some bits off but still in character:
Tom has joined us for a week with his many laser scanners...
...going beyond the call of duty to get some of the more challenging areas done:
This is what he is scanning in the pic above, a stone lined channel underneath a slab in the the main entrance passageway:
Sitting in the top of the fills of this was a mystery whalebone object, made out of a whale vertebra, could have had any number of uses but has no obvious wear signs, it's good to see our finds supremo Talia so happy:
Came a close runner up in the Star Find of the Day category, but in the end Jackie's lamp just edged it out. Here it is ready for its close up - side 1:
Side 2:
We're now bracing ourselves for Storm Floris to hit in the morning, we're still in the 'yellow alert' area rather than the 'amber alert' area, which means we shouldn't get hit quite so hard, but since the boundary is at Thurso just over the Pentland Firth from us there might be a bit of wiggle room in the forecast, but still going to be very wet and windy. We might not get on site tomorrow, but hopefully back OK on Tuesday at least.
The whalebone vertebra tucked into that stone-lined channel is such a great mystery, and Jackie saving both lamp halves for the very end of Open Day feels like perfect timing. Hope Tom’s scans turn up something unexpected in that entrance passageway! By the way, I keep a free transmission fluid reference guide I like to share if you ever go down that kind of rabbit hole too. https://transmissionfluid.net/
Jackie’s timing is legendary—saving the best for the final minutes! Those little stone lamps are such a rare, complete find, and it’s amazing the two halves were still together. I’ve been digging into similar coastal archaeology finds over at https://grok-imagine-ai.net
Jackie's timing is impeccable—pulling both halves of that stone lamp out right at the buzzer sounds like the perfect end-of-day reward. I've been digging through similar coastal finds myself and could use a good resource like this. https://flux3.site
Jackie’s timing is legendary—pulling both halves of that stone lamp out right at the buzzer is pure Swandro magic. Can’t wait to see what the conservators make of it, and I’ve been following the excavation diary closely for more updates like this. https://arcads.pro
Jackie's timing is legendary—saving the best for last with that little stone lamp! Those end-of-day finds always hit different, and I love that the halves were both there. I've been using https://hailuo-ai.pro