Katherine Price writes:
Day Four
Another sunny, successful day at Millhaugh. The
fieldwalkers finished walking the field, with a final large flake of flint
found in the unpromising last corner just before packing up. Those who were
test-pitting worked away in good spirits, despite the archaeology remaining
elusive. Mystery object of the day was a slate pencil – this resulted in some
reminiscing by Dene and Gert who seemed to have personal recollections of
schools before pencil and paper became the standard for writing practice. Kenny
Brophy made a guest appearance, the large selection of selection of cakes and
pastries were much appreciated by all!
Day 3 saw a dramatic
increase in the number of finds from fieldwalking. The majority of the finds
are lithics, including two ‘true’ flint blades. One of the blades is shown in a
photograph below. Gert and his geophysics team continued to tick off at the
grids and may end up finishing the survey by the end of Day 4. The test pitting
continues apace. Very few finds so far
Excellent progress on
Day 2 of Millhaugh across all three tasks, i.e. fieldwalking, geophysics and
test pitting. First photograph is Gert and the geophysics team and below the
test-pitters with Becca. Calum Rollo (landowner) visited.
We’re back at
Millhaugh, Dunning in rural Perthshire this week for fieldwalking, geophysical
survey and a test pitting programme. The weather on Monday was decidedly mixed.
Despite the conditions the students set about their tasks with great enthusiasm
and humour and we made an excellent start to our programme of work. According
to the forecast it should cloudy and dry for the rest of the week.
