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The trench almost finished Posted by Tony Hanna Dec 20, 2007 | ||
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................after | .....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 |
AGM ...who will you vote for ? | Alan at work | Alan, I think it will be quicker to go to McDonald's. | and the band played on ... |
Andy - Archaeology Graduate | Archaeology | Ask the Archaeologist | At the base of Moel fenlli looking over the Vale of Clwyd |
back filling | back filling | Bringing home lunch | Broken Flags Underneath Cobbled Surface |
Bryn Alyn Hillfort - Model by Neil Stevens - volunteer Caer Alyn | Cairn at the top of Moel fenlli | CAYA members cleaning and recording the finds from the previous months fieldwalking exercise. | Chasing the archaeological rainbow |
Classical Archaeology | Cleaning back, day 2 | Cleaning up the finds from the previous meetings fieldwalking. | Clwyd Valley |
Collection of Finds - Trench 1 Oct 09 | Crisp packet find........Circa, 2005. | Croft site excavation developing, with more building foundations (dig diaries) | Dave and John showing the members part of BOB. |
Dave D & Sara hard at work | Day 2, cleaning the large stone blocks on the outer face of the rampart | 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 | Dig Diary, Week One | Dig preparation | 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 | Early days at the croft site (dig diaries) | 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. |
Full Ditch | Geophysical survey of the Fort (North is left) | gis project launch | Has anyone seen Phil Harding?. I've found his hat... |
Helen and Caitlin. | Hillfort lumps and bumps | HLF Publicity Shoot | ice age ....... |
inner rampart | Interpreting the Geophysics | is that a phone i can hear ringing?? | It'll be alright on the night |
Last weekend on trench 14 | Learning basic excavation skills by hands on activities. | Left to Right, Claire Hughes, Education Officer and Heather Butler, Community Officer - CAAHP - with Pat Reeson, Chair of the Caer Alyn Project. | Llai Open Day 2006 |
look its charlie chaplin !! | Looking for inspiration.............or the survey team. | 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 | No your teeth wont fit me either! |
ok,if its for the good of the project,i'll pose | Open Day 2007 | Open Day 2008 presentation to MPs | or .... archaeologists recreate ancient shrine |
overlay mapping is easier with lidar !! | Pat Reeson | Phil Cox searching for an Iron Age belt | Phil explaining the Hillfort ramparts. |
Poss edge of inner rampart | professional at work...... | Ramparts of Moel fenlli | Read the Story - Buy the Book !! |
Really | River Alyn | Roman Centurian | Roman Shrine - Gresford Church |
Round house under construction - January 2007. Stage one complete | Setting out the trench on day one | Shoe designs | sieving back fill |
Some of the digging team | Someone sitting in a re-created Iron Age dwellling | Sondage at start of excavation. | Sorry I cant be with you in person |
Students at start of excavations, 2006 | Surveying | The "enignmatic boulder" being excavated | The "Pendant" |
The archaeology | The Collaspe | The construction of the fire box at kiln number 1(Poulton Cheshire) | The croft trench now fully cleaned up and ready for planning (dig diaries) |
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 first signs of a wall at the croft site |
The Font - Gresford Church. St Leonard is depicted to the left of the griffin. | The make up of the revetment stones | The omen! | The outer ditch of the Iron Age fort |
The Poss cobbled surface | The site in summer | The students | The team 2004 |
The top of boxed wall | The top of revetted wall | The WASHE group | Tony discovers an iron age barrow |
Tony Hanna, far right, congratulated on his work by a visitor to the open day. | Tony Hanna.............before | tony surveys the slope | Trench 1 - The Wilderness |
trench 14 from the air | Trench 14 from the air .... | Trench 14, Caer Alyn | Trench 15 digging team |
Untouched Cobbled Surface | up on the roof .... | View towards West Door - Gresford Church | week 3 team photo |
Well it was there!!! | What is this? | Where are we? | Where's my cake, Karen? |
Who said archaeology was hard work!!! | whos on the fundraising committee ? | Wrexham Evening Leader 21st Nov 2007 | Wrexham Science Festival Presentation |
