July - 2020

SHARP Blog

On this day...31st July

Here we see Matt Cross wielding the ‘staff of power’ during a site tour in 2009. Forward two years to 2011 and a very industrious sight....

On this day...30th July

We begin today with a find from Trench 6 in 2008. It is a section of a single-sided composite comb. The teeth of such combs were...

On this day...29th July

This curious bone artefact was recovered from Trench 6 in 2008. It is an incomplete distal end of a sheep or goats right tibia. The...

On this day...28th July

Seeing double, treble, quadruple? We were delighted to welcome this family with quads to our Open day in 2013 and as you can see they...

On this day...27th July

Back in time to 2006 and another rain-drenched photograph, this time taken up on the Roman Project. Amid the puddles work continues. We...

On this day...26th July

On this day in 2009 a Saxon silver series R8 sceat was found in Trench 10. It dates from c.730-50 and was minted in East Anglia....

On this day...25th July

We begin today with this great working shot from Trench 13 in 2010. Everyone is standing by a post-hole that they are excavating! So what...

On this day...24th July

We begin today with these two large sherds of Ipswich type ware dating to the Middle Saxon period. Together they form part of a spouted...

On this day...23rd July

Back in time to 2005 and a line of volunteers are about to start a new morning on the Roman Project. We can see Steve and Ray (and is...

On this day...22nd July

We begin today with a find from this date in 2013 from Trench 16 on Chalkpit Field. From very similar examples found on other...