Part of a series of bulletins from the BAS excavations at Wickham House

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Attendees: Jill, James, Andrew H, Lindsey, Jane, Tony, Karen, Charlotte S and Keith

Slightly further ahead in Trench 2A, Lindsey, Andrew, Karen and Charotte S almost completed removal of the upper deposit of pebble/flint extending across this trench. The surface beneath was much more sterile and sandy in character – and when cleaned and planned tomorrow will be investigated further also. Lindsey discovered a fragment of copper alloy strip that looked like it may have been part of bracelet.

In Trench 1A, James and Jill completed excavation of the ditch which was seen to have been dig into natural soil now thought to be the sterile orange/brown soil seen in elsewhere in Trench 1A. The line of the ditch appears to have been marked with large stone, one of which appears to have been worked. The ditch was recorded in plan and section. Work will continue in this trench tomorrow along with recording of the surface revealed in trench 1B.