Zoe and Jo lead a workshop on painted Roman wall-plaster: what it is, how it’s made, cleaning, recording and conserving it. We then got on with recording our finds from the Vicars’ […]
Painted Roman wall-plaster workshop
DIG – DAY 7
13th November 2019. Cleaned up to pebble surface and around rubble cut. Took measurements and drew a plan of the latest contexts. Main finds were a lot of mortar and rubble, with […]
DIG -DAY 6
The team worked hard today, despite the raw wind and occasional shower. Brick and tile infill being revealed, with alot of lime mortar/plaster as well, looks at first sight like a dump […]
Dig -day 5
The day starts off bright and sunny and ends in a deluge! Hey ho. We did some levelling today from a datum line on the wall of the Minster. Trowelled down to […]
Dig – day 4
And the rain came down, and down, and…Still what’s a bit of weather to SCAG members! We drew a plan of the top layer under the expert, and patient guidance, of David, […]
Southwell Community Archaeology Group 