Unhindered by the
weather so far this year (though some of the staff say the ground has
dried out too much ...) exciting events are unfolding.
Thursday 18
th
saw
James Gerrard of Newcastle University visiting the
Roman Baths standing remains to record them using a laser scanner. It was very
much a test session for James, but the results already look very
promising – more on that at a later date. He was very happy to give
a talk about the work to both our diggers and the school party who
were also visiting that day.
Scanner, diggers & James at the Ravenglass Roman Baths
From Friday 19th to
Sunday 21st Nicola Reid from Northlight Heritage of Glasgow, was on
site showing diggers how to process environmental samples using a
flotation tank and sieves. As well as finding small fragments of
pottery, iron, charcoal and slag, some seeds have also come to light.
Nicola (Northlight Heritage), diggers and tank
On Saturday 20th, Steve
Malone came up from Trent & Peak Archaeology of Nottingham to
take high level pictures of the trenches and some of the buildings.
This involved putting a camera on a very long pole – the results
will appear later!
Polecam in action (thanks to Rosalie M for the photo)
Lisa (Outreach Co-ordinator) and members of YAC visiting trench 4 (thanks to Rosalie M for the photo)
