Monday 19th October
The first part of the day was spent planning half of the rubble layer and putting levels on it so we could begin to remove the rubble layer and expose the surface underneath. Allowing us to get the students to plan the rest of the rubble so that they got an experience of planning and then we put some more levels on in the afternoon. 
By Adele
Today we had a group of A level archaeology students from Bridgewater College on site to help.
The first part of the day was spent planning half of the rubble layer and putting levels on it so we could begin to remove the rubble layer and expose the surface underneath. Allowing us to get the students to plan the rest of the rubble so that they got an experience of planning and then we put some more levels on in the afternoon. By AdeleWhile half the group were excavating trench 6 with Alan and Adele, the otherhalf started sorting the fieldwalking finds from Saturday.
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There is a great deal of pottery, concentrated in a few grid square, as well as glass, brick, some animal bone and one or two more unusual finds like a lead disc (we don't know what this is) and a piece of bottle glass stamped with (presumably) the maker's initials. .jpg)
Then we set up a horizontal string line, using a spirit level, to begin on ameasured elevation drawing of a blocked doorway in one of the garden walls. The Bridgwater team quickly got the hang of this skill, despite the fact it was definitely getting colder!.jpg)
For just one day we had some high tech GPS (global positioning systems) equipment on site. The surveyors were recording the roof of Fairfield house,to clarify the changes in the building and discover the oldest part of the house. They also took readings for some of the points on our site grid. They took the time to explain to the students how the specialist kit works. By Rachel
Congratulations team - it's great to see a bunch of finds trays and not a female in sight! Looks like the whole project is going really well. great stuff
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