We have begun to concentrate on Trench 3000 (see Week 1 for plan) as there are many complex features to unravel in this area. The picture below shows the students digging the ditches and beam slots within the excavation area.

The building found in 2006 has been continued into this trench and excavation on the double beam slot walls that were found to form the long western wall of this building. The return of the southeast end of the building was very hard to see in the very dry soils of the excavation, but we think we have now detected how it runs and it appears to have been heavily robbed away. The picture below shows the cuts of this double beam slot arrangement.

The building has been cut with a shallow ditch or gully running north south which appears to be dated from the 3rd century. The building has been laid over the remains of at least two roundhouses and these are now under investigation. There is increasing evidence of the occupation during the period just before the Roman conquest shown by a Langton Down style brooch and dating from this period.

The ditch of the southwest corner of the trapezoid enclosure has been fully excavated. The picture below shows how the ditch was filled over a period of time with the layers being clearly visible.

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