22nd July 2003 - Third week of excavation
 the points of the stakes still survive

Photo 1

In Trench 1, one of the trenches originally excavated in the 1930s is re-excavated; interestingly, the points of the stakes still survive despite having been aerated.


a cremation pit

Photo 2

In Trench 7, a cremation pit has been recovered. The pit was found within what looks like a small and ephemeral enclosure, just within the box rampart on the western side of the site.


 a box section of the posts of the box rampart in Trench 3

Photo 3

A shot of a box section of the posts of the box rampart in Trench 3. All structural timbers (forming part of the box ramarts or four-post structures) are flat-bottomed, and appear to have been set in carefully dug postholes.


 the timbers have a rough point

Photo 4

In contrast, where posts or stakes formed alignments, such as for the so-called 'palisade' and for the causeways, the timbers have a rough point and have been hammered into the ground.



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