Something completely different

The proverbial busman's holiday! It is that time of the year again, the Birmingham University archaeology training excavations. Roger White has been working on a cracking site near Bridgnorth, a possible vicus to an as-yet-undiscovered fort. They are now into week three of the dig, and we made a quick visit last week just after the conference.


As well as a large quantity of Samian sherds ranging in date from the 1st to the 4th century, there is also a substantial amount of smithing slag - including a few fragments of hearth bottom. Roger sent in this photo of a charcoal-filled circular feature yesterday. I shall be going out tomorrow afternoon for another visit to see what is emerging.