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or .... archaeologists recreate ancient shrine Posted by Ken White Aug 4, 2007 | ||
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Mark and his 20 foot box wagon collecting the timber. | .....And this is the geophysics of BOB. | ||
A compressed clay surface & postholes were discovered by the CAYA members during excavations in June. Here you see older archaeologists clearing back and tidying up their trench a little. | A compressed clay surface & postholes were discovered by the CAYA members during excavations in June. Here you see older archaeologists clearing back and tidying up their trench a little. | A compressed clay surface & postholes were discovered by the CAYA members during excavations in June. Here you see older archaeologists clearing back and tidying up their trench a little. | A fort with a view, by Big Dave Forster |
A local company has donated funds to help us continue the work of Caer Alyn - The Golden Lion, Rossett | a moonlit night | AGM ...who will you vote for ? | Alan at work |
Alan Brown in front of the Round House. | Alan's experimental archaeology | All loaded up | Almost home. Peter at the end of a very long drive |
Almost there | and the band played on ... | Andy - Archaeology Graduate | Archaeology |
back filling | back filling | belt and braces | Bert and His Forklift |
Bert loads up | Bringing home lunch | Broken Flags Underneath Cobbled Surface | Bryn Alyn Hillfort - Model by Neil Stevens - volunteer Caer Alyn |
CAYA members cleaning and recording the finds from the previous months fieldwalking exercise. | Chasing the archaeological rainbow | Classical Archaeology | Cleaning up the finds from the previous meetings fieldwalking. |
Collection of Finds - Trench 1 Oct 09 | Constructing fire chamber dome | Dave and John showing the members part of BOB. | Dave D & Sara hard at work |
Day 2, the stone blocks revealed | Day 3 | Day 4, following the stones | Day 6 |
Day 7, is this a trowel or a spade | Day One, start to clean up the trench | Different designs | Distinguished Guests at Caer Alyn |
ditch | Ditch 1m deep | Ditch III | Ditch when damp |
Drawing the finds from the previous meetings fieldwalking. | Drawing the finds from the previous meetings fieldwalking. | due reverence required | Elevation proflile of North East Wales |
euro dummy | Faience | father Christmas & his helper would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and New Year | Features in the soil are explained by the archaeologists on hand. |
Fire pit and stock hole | First wall posts go in | Frame work completed | Full Ditch |
Geophysical survey of the Fort (North is left) | gis project launch | Grid 3 Bottom section | grid 3 Middle section |
Grid 3 Top section | Grid 4 | Grids 1 & 5 | Grids 2&6 |
Grids 3 & 7 | Helen and Caitlin. | Hillfort lumps and bumps | how did they invent the wheel? |
ice age ....... | inner rampart | Inside the kiln | Inside the Round House. |
is that a phone i can hear ringing?? | its all in the detail | its all in the interpretation | Kiln completed |
Kiln Floor | Kiln Plan | Learning basic excavation skills by hands on activities. | Llai Open Day 2006 |
look its charlie chaplin !! | Meet Archie the Archie-ologist!! | Neil and John working hard | New CAYA logo designed by Jamie, one of our senior CAYA members |
New CAYA members welcomed by Karen Morrell and Alan Brown. Open Day 2007 | New features revealed | not much heat loss through this roof | ok,if its for the good of the project,i'll pose |
Open Day 2007 | Open Day 2008 presentation to MPs | or very, very busy......... | overlay mapping is easier with lidar !! |
Phil explaining the Hillfort ramparts. | Poss edge of inner rampart | professional at work...... | Read the Story - Buy the Book !! |
Rectangular feature in grid 1 | Roman Centurian | Roman Shrine - Gresford Church | Round house under construction - January 2007. Stage one complete |
Roundhouse "getting there" | Roundhouse phase 3 | Saying farewell to one of the local residents | Setting out the trench on day one |
Shoe designs | sieving back fill | Some of the digging team | Sondage at start of excavation. |
Thatching well under way | The "enignmatic boulder" being excavated | The "Pendant" | The Collaspe |
The cut | The dig progressing, a view looking west | The Dig, revetment stones lying upon natural ? | The ditch |
The elusive ditch | The finds rooom girls! | The first day of the dig | The Font - Gresford Church. St Leonard is depicted to the left of the griffin. |
The Land of the Midnight Sun | The make up of the revetment stones | The omen! | The Poss cobbled surface |
The top of boxed wall | The top of revetted wall | The trench almost finished | The WASHE group |
Today (2) 31st March 2007 | Today (3) 31st March 2007 | Today at the roundhouse - 31st March 2007 | Tony Hanna, far right, congratulated on his work by a visitor to the open day. |
tony surveys the slope | Trench 1 - The Wilderness | trench 14 from the air | Trench 14 from the air .... |
Trench 15 digging team | up on the roof .... | View towards West Door - Gresford Church | We got there at last 5pm |
We were due to move in today !!!!!! | week 3 team photo | Well it was there!!! | What is this? |
Where are we? | Where's my cake, Karen? | whos on the fundraising committee ? | Wrexham Evening Leader 21st Nov 2007 |
Wrexham Evening Leader 26 Jan 2007 | Wrexham Science Festival Presentation |
