Brightwater
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Aug 24 2019 - 6:00 PM
Site Diary: What we found at Bishop Middleham Castle
We’ve had three brilliant weeks investigating the ruins of Bishop Middleham Castle. So what have we found? Here’s what we think it all means… This was the very first excavation that has ever taken…
Aug 23 2019 - 5:00 PM
One last cup of tea…
Our work here is done, and the dig is over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t stop for one last cup of tea in our makeshift tea hut!
Cheers everyone!
Aug 23 2019 - 3:00 PM
The end
The dig is coming to a close, which means it time to make sure we’ve got everything recorded
And start backfilling the trenches
And thus starts the beginning of the end #DigBrightwater 💔 Thanks to all our venturers for their amazing help, magnificent findings and wonderful team spirit. We will be back next year! @TheDigVenturers @SolHeritage @Discoverbwlp pic.twitter.com/XfoyRgazb8
— Jo (@DasUngemach) August 23, 2019
Aug 22 2019 - 4:00 PM
Tea!
Digging isn’t the only activity on site today… so is drinking tea cleaning finds ✨
Aug 22 2019 - 12:00 PM
Which wall came first?
We’ve only got a couple of days left to finish the excavation, and despite the rain, the Venturers are working on solving one of the most important problems yet – which wall came first?
Todays small but mighty team is braving the rain to answer our last question (for now!) for trench 2: what’s the relationship between those two main walls? #DigBrightwater pic.twitter.com/AVbkwEGZQb
— Jo (@DasUngemach) August 22, 2019
As the team start unpicking the relationship, another problem emerges… what is this massive hole?
Well done Carl for finding this very deep hole inside the wall and doubling our questions for today: WHAT IS IT? #DigBrightwater https://t.co/xaUFMkssNm pic.twitter.com/DnN1eFHCgK
— Jo (@DasUngemach) August 22, 2019
Aug 21 2019 - 12:00 PM
Knock knock (part 2)
The mystery of the blocked door continues today. It’s the last day of digging, so we’ve sent in a team of mattockers to investigate
Archaeology / In Your Hands
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