Monthly Archives: July 2013

Back-filling the trench was a very hot job and a few photos of most of the team are shown here. I wanted to show a series of shots of the diminishing soil pile but sadly due to a fault on … Continue reading →

The 2013 Castleton dig is now finished for another season. Thanks to everyone who volunteered or who showed interest in visiting the hospital site. We found many walls and a “corridor”, some medieval pottery, a very strange edging (see photo) … Continue reading →

Hard work is still in evidence as we approach the final week of the 2013 Hospital Dig.

Still more walls and distinct corridor continue to be excavated on the hospital site and more medieval pottery than in previous years according to Chris who came along today to inspect the accumulated pot from the past week. Other finds … Continue reading →

These visitors seemed very interested in our archaeological activities. Maybe they’d heard about the latest find – a piece of gritstone, worked into a round shape. Suggestions for its original purpose welcomed – most popular so far is ‘a medieval … Continue reading →