Rocky Clump Wrap Up For 2013

Photo courtesy of Lesley Hains, pictured on the left, myself in the
middle and Hestor Adams on the right.

I never find anything remotely exciting
but somebody unearthed an animal skull - sheep?

Rocky Clump wrapped up excavations for the season on December 7th, although I went back on the 10th to "tickle up" (so to speak) the ground for the final photographs and drawings. It was a cloudy-sunny day with a wonderful turnout of archaeologists so plenty was accomplished. The site has since been back-filled from the 20th. As you may have noticed, we were all a bit cold as December has sneakily crept upon us.

However, the ground was still as supple as ever for troweling. With luck, new trenches and test pits will be opened up around the end of March or early April 2014 as soon as planning and acquired permission has been met. We will be exploring an area where we think some roundhouses are. In the meantime, the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society has several activities planned this winter - winter walks, lectures, museum visits - to keep us all connected and to keep our archaeological and historical appetites whet.

Areas where I have been troweling.

 Not surprisingly, I uncovered more chunky flints, the usual bits of pot and flaky bits of bone. No special finds yet on my part but there were a couple animal skulls that were uncovered in one of our large trenches. Their identity is speculated to be that of sheep.

Till next time, adios!