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The Durotriges awake ! We're back for a short time as fieldwork season for #Durotriges25 gets underway Stay tuned Meanwhile for more continuous cover of Iron Age and Roman archaeology check out our other social media accounts on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok 👇👇

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Excavating the curiously sinuous ditch at the southern end of Trench M at #Durotriges25 Originally we thought it might be a Later Bronze Age land boundary Now we're not so sure

To paraphrase (and misquote) the great philosopher Ted (Theodore) Logan: "strange things are afoot at the Circle, OK" We don't know what the big earth filled circle is, and it's not OK Excavation is now underway. Updates to follow #Durotriges25

Wednesday morning 0800 The last few moments of calm before excavation begins #Durotriges25

Excavating slots across the two phase recut Iron Age ditch at the southern end of the #Durotriges25 trench Lots of disarticulated horse bone in this feature 🐎

And we're back Time to resolve quite what the circular blob feature at the southern end of Trench M is It's different to the big blobby blob at the west end of the trench And the blob blob at the east (do stop us if this is getting too complicated) #Durotriges25

Blob update:

Site briefing at #Durotriges25 Discussing strategy for the rest of the day Lots of ditches, pits and assorted blobby features to investigate whilst the rain holds off

Joel and Louisa are finding Iron Age pottery, decorated with incised diamond pattern design, in their pit at #Durotriges25 Lovely 😍 #FindsFriday

After the extreme nature of last week's weather, it seems odd that we're now trying to shade areas of site from the sun 🌞 The joys of archaeological photography (and the return of the Sunshade Brigade) #Durotriges25

⚠️ Durotriges Dig OPEN DAY ⚠️ Sunday 29 June 10-4.30 Free Parking (private land) at North West Farm Winterborne Kingston DT11 9AT Dig is 20 mins walk (but minibuses are available too) Guided tours plus Big Dig Brewhouse, cafe, ice cream + chips!! See you there? #Durotriges25

How we identify and excavate archaeological features at #Durotriges25 (courtesy of our Stratmates team on Instagram) 👇👇 instagram.com/reel/DKnLcaaK6…

Louisa and Joel: newest recruits to the #Durotriges25 Sunshade Brigade Covering archaeological features in darkness since at least midday