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1 Tower shot of the whole site from the south, showing the curving ditch in relation to the pits in the top left corner.
Weeks 6-7 Figure 8 The altar from which it came
Weeks 6-7 Figure 7 The altar fragment from the pit
Weeks 6-7 Figure 6 The ten Roman pits excavated this year. There is a clear line of six, and a curved arrangement of four more to one side. We do not yet understand the plan of the building of
Weeks 6-7 Figure 5 The two most completely preserved post-pits with the square impressions of the original posts excavated. The near pit is the one from which the altar fragment came.
Weeks 6-7 Figure 1 Altar Fragment at Senhouse Roman Museum
Weeks 6-7 Figure 2 Ian Haynes at the Maryport Excavation Site
Weeks 6-7 Figure 3 Tony Wilmott, Nigel Mills, Jane Laskey & Ian Haynes at the Maryport Excavation Site
Weeks 6-7 Figure 4 Tony Wilmott with an altar fragment at the Senhouse Roman Museum
Weeks 4-5 Figure 4 The undisturbed pit emptied of stone. It is 1.4 m square and 1.6m deep
Weeks 3-4 Figure 2 At work in the curving boundary ditch
Weeks 4-5 Figure 1 A large pit undisturbed by Victorian excavators. The op layer of stones features a packed post-hole close to one corner, indicating a structural function for these features
Weeks 4-5 Figure 7 The site is so dry and the sun so bright that novel means are resorted to in order to get the right light for photography
Weeks 4-5 Figure 6 Fran and Harriet at work at the environmental sieving system – now fully operational
Weeks 4-5 Figure 5 The boundary ditch fully excavated
Weeks 4-5 Figure 3 Jane shows the large piece of Roman altar that she found in the bottom of the boundary ditch
Weeks 1-3 Figure 1 The site is cleaned by trowelling in order to identify archaeological features
Weeks 1-3 Figure 4 Tom and the two Alexes surveying with the Total Station
