Today we excavated two very different test pits.
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| Excavating at Regent Crescent |
One in a garden on Regent Crescent near Laithes Lane had very few finds. Was the top soil brought in from somewhere else, after it had been sieved?
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| Excavating at St Helen's Church |
The other was in the grounds of St Helen's church, Laithes Lane. The contrast could not be greater. We dug through a thick layer of building material, iron-working slag and rusty metal. This looks to be a make-up layer of waste to help level the ground. Was it put here during the 1940s-60s when Laithes Lane was built or improved?
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| Sylvia sieves for finds |
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| Brooks digs at St Helen's Church |
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