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

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Due to the heavy overnight rain, further excavation of Trench 2B had to be abandoned due to the surface being waterlogged, however work was able to continue in Trench 2A by Lindsey, Terry, Barbara and Adam. At last the surfaces covered by the seemingly never-ending deposits of pebble/flint revealed a new deposit of large irregular flints and finds of a number of large nails, hob-nails, pottery sherds and a copper-alloy pin. This new surface will be fully exposed, cleaned and recorded tomorrow.

In Trench 1A Jill and Paula continued work exploring the surface of the lane, the ditch and a possible gully.

In Trench 1B the overnight rain made the ground in the main trench too soft for exploring the pits revealed the previous day, so work commenced to extend the trench to the north by 2m to locate a second ditch (perpendicular to the one in Trench 1A) suggested by geophysics surveys. Further evidence of metal working was discovered within the flint/pebble deposits below the topsoil with iron slag/bloom, and a large piece of lead being revealed as small find.