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This week for #FindsFriday, we are answering the age old question… what is a loom weight?? Loom weights are often made from fired clay, or sometimes stone, and when found on […]
Category Archives: The Dig Blog
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HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE! Have you ever wondered why we dig? It’s a question we get asked a lot, so I thought I would shed some light on it. When asked, […]
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Happy #FindsFriday, everyone! Back in 2018-2019, at a dig on the Northern Gateway Sports Hub, we found fourteen post-medieval gunflints A gunflint is a sharp, small flint which is shaped […]
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For #ThrowbackThursday this week, we are remembering an evaluation we conducted on East Road in West Mersea. Back in 2021 we visited this site as it lies to the south of the […]
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Happy Monday! There are many different kinds of work that we undertake, and one of those is called a “watching brief” or “archaeological monitoring” This method of work involves one […]
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Today for #FindsFriday we’ve got another microscopic treat for you today. This beauty is a Rubus sp. or a raspberry seed! This particular seed was preserved through mineralisation – where a lack of […]
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This #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to Hitcham, Suffolk in April-May 2021 where we conducted work in advance of the construction of six new dwellings. The landscape of the area has […]
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Our summer work experience placements have come to an end. It’s been great to welcome a whole host of students into the Trust and teach them about commercial archaeology. We […]
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Happy #FindsFriday everyone Last week we found something really awesome on site!This is a hand axe, likely from the lower Palaeolithic period. It could be around half a million years […]
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Today we are remembering our work at St Nicholas Square in Colchester for #ThrowbackThursday In December 2020, we carried out an archaeological test pit evaluation in St Nicholas Square prior to […]