Some shots of the site from above

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Burial (2120) Context (2104) Context (2034) Burial (2106) Ruth & Will sampling deposit (2137) Tomas & Anies at work on their chalk-lined burial The Prescot Street site looking East East end of Zone 4 East along Prescot Street towards the BT Radianz building The construction is well under way in what was our Zone 1 Tiny machines and giant props The North West corner of the old Zone 1 - it's VERY deep! Across Zone 4 facing West Zone 4, looking South West Looking directly West across site Planning Zone 4 Across Zone 4 looking North East Context (2044) Context (1930) Context [1967] Context [1971] Context [1972] Context [1956] Context [1954] Context [1953] Context [1555] - a mysterious brick-lined feature Context (1308) Context [1973] Taking samples Context (2000) Context [1444] Urn in [2008] Context [2008] possibly a ditch with an urn Context [2013] - a pit Zone 4 facing North Context (2000) another mysterious feature Context (2029) - a truncated inhumation Context [2008] Across the construction site looking North West View across site looking North West Gherkin, piling rig and archaeologist. The far North East end of site Zone 4, facing Prescot Street Zone 4 Far East end of site Far East end of site in Zone 4 of the excavation Gary's goat Gary's lead goat Context (1930) A Georgian wishing well (1920) Remains of heavily truncated skeleton (1918) Anies defining the cut of tomb foundation (1839) Anies & Tomasz and tomb burial (1839) Post-medieval drainage feature in Zone 4 Across site looking north west North East corner of Zone 4 Pitland in Zone 4 Looking South West across Zone 4 Zone 4 South East Gary in the stone lined pit Stone lined pit again Stone lined pit Context 958 Site shot east north-east Anies excavating a stone lined pit Construction cut 1139 Construction cut 1139 Our David - archaeologist, artist and my new flatmate. Site shot looking north north-west Adrian and Ashley in context 1142 Liz hoeing Greg cleaning context 958 Iancu in context 1139 View east across site View north across site Huge ?16th Century quarry pit The team What a lovely team we have Look at Lucasz isn't he small? Working Shot Quarry Pit Working Shot Working Shot Section Analysis East of Zone 1 Quarry Pit Cut into Quarry Pit Cleaning Quarry Pit South End of Quarry Pit Working Shot, Greg and Iancu Working Shot North End of Quarry Pit Working Shot of Paula Working Shot of Greg A very pointy sole from the big quarry pit Very pointy sole A shoe folded on itself Sole and part of the vamp Liz in the organic fill Working shot looking north Leather about to be removed from the pit Lukasz A sample of the leather from the organic fill Some of the leather, with lots of soles and vamps Excavating the big quarry pit Working shot zone 1 north end Working shot zone 1 north end Working shot Working shot looking north Working shot looking north Bottom of a well Palaeo- or periglacial channel section Roman Burial (870) Roman Burial (870) Roman Burial (868) Pit Anies has plans Ashley Pooley, the giant Greg and Paula Fergal and Sara Iancu Johanna Tom and the big black organic fill Liz sorting through the leather offcuts in an organic black fill at base of quarry pit Rich organic deposits Taking samples from the organic fill 642 Zone 1 looking North East L - P : Barrows Grave cut? Fergal recording barrel ring Fergal's rusty ring Edge of pit 799 Pit 797 after excavation ?Ditch? Zone 1 southern half Zone 1 northern half Brick Drain Brick Drain Working shot Anies and Liz remove a late drain Lorna holding a cremation urn Pitland looking South East Working shot looking South Roman levels after cleaning Pit Georgian Building Georgian Building Silt trap? Gravel Pit Linear feature 572 Floor of outhouse Floors Gravel Pit Burial 735 Outbuilding Floors Outhouse floor Linear feature 572 The big quarry Silt trap? Zone 1 northern half Zone 1 southern half Large square pit Burial 741 Burial 741 Burial 745 Barrel lined feature Burial 764 Using muscles he didn't know he had Tom in his pit Tom's post-medieval pit Paula in her big pit Guy on site Lucasz and his big pit Anies Hassan Working shot looking east Gary Webster Sara Clancy Zone 1 south end Zone 1 north end Pitland Pitlandia Ready for its closeup Cleaning after the rain The big quarry Tackling the big quarry Zone 1 southern half Zone 1 northern half Tom Lucas Burial 741 under excavation Digging a burial Greg digging Greg digging 741 Disarticulated bones within the fill of burial 741 Disarticulated bones Empty grave (after excavation) Burial 741 Chaz Face The big quarry (looking south) Zone 1 looking South East Quarry pit cut by horn core pit Zone 1 southern half Zone 1 from the canteen Drains Zone 1 looking South West Linear feature Zone 1 looking North West Outhouse Action shot Boxing out a sample Completed quarry pit Over there Lifting a cremation Lifting a cremation Anies and the videography project Planning Looking East from the canteen Zone 1 looking North East Zone 1 looking North Site meeting Preparing to use the big yellow trowel The South Tenter Street end Using a dumpy level Chaz and Liz Looking north east Looking south east over the site Looking north Fergal Linear feature Fergal Fergal Fergal Fergal recording a building Anies and Chaz John and Gary Chaz and Anies John (Ionut) and Gary Lorna Richardson Chaz Morse Sara Clancy Guy Hunt Andy Dufton Ashley Pooley Greg Crees Elisabet Schager Working shot with Netlon Netlon Northern edge Paula and Jan Looking north east across zone 1 Paula hitting it with a mattock Sara and pit Liz exhibiting her hoeing techniques Lucasz Picture 002 Images 17th April 2008 007 Images 17th April 2008 006 Images 17th April 2008 005 Images 17th April 2008 004 Images 17th April 2008 003 Images 17th April 2008 002 Images 17th April 2008 001 Fergal in his soakaway Fergal He loves it really Sara Paula Images 15th April 2008 001 Chaz and Paula View from canteen Ashley and Lucasz Paula in her soak-away Greg and his hi vi trousers Chaz and Fergal Ashley and Lucasz Looking north across zone 1 Fergal and Chaz CIMG2689 Looking south across Zone 1 Gary's horncore pit Gary's horncore pits Georgian drainage system Culvert Culvert Inside the culvert Gary hard at work Fergal Detail of pit Rubbish pit? And another soak-away/well Another soak-away/well Sara in her Soak-away Horn-core pit #2 Drainage pit? Sara's Soak-away Sara CIMG2672 CIMG2671 CIMG2670 CIMG2669 CIMG2668 Silt trap? Manhole? Soak-away Even more pits Sara & Ashley at work A very large pit Pits Working shot More pits Working shot Working shot Greg and Garry Greg Greg in his Pit Greg's pit with Fergal's soak-away in background Pit, Soak-away, Well & Horn-Core Pit North-West Corner of Site Soakaway 23 Prescot Street Prescot Street Alie Street 34 Alie Street Pits Machine work Ready to machine out No.6 Tenter St. Horn Core Pit Horn Core Pit Well and ?soakaway? Personal Effects Capping Beam Progress on site Tenter Street Building Foundations Tenter Street Building Foundations Gary and Fergal at work Georgian brick vaulted cellars Foundations of Victorian Building Foundations of Victorian terrace house Georgian Cellar You are here Progress on the main site Starting to dig in the North West Preparing the pile capping beam Tenter Street The Site from Prescot Street South East Corner Prescot Street St. Mark's Street 66 Leman Street Door 66 Leman Street 66 Leman Street The FIRST bucket load Serious Contemplation Capping Beam Starting to dig Object of desire Watching the watcher Piling rig looking east Site looking north east Piling rig looking east Greg Crees Prescot Street Site March 3rd 2008 Prescot Street Site March 3rd 2008 Prescot Street Site March 3rd 2008 Prescot Street Site March 3rd 2008 Prescot Street Site March 3rd 2008 Guy and a Roman grave CIMG0580 CIMG0577 CIMG0565 CIMG0560 CIMG0593 CIMG0592 CIMG0591 CIMG0590 CIMG0589 CIMG0587 CIMG0586 CIMG0585 CIMG0584 CIMG0583 CIMG0582 CIMG0581 CIMG0579 CIMG0578 CIMG0576 CIMG0575 CIMG0574 South Tenter Street CIMG0572 CIMG0571 CIMG0570 CIMG0569 CIMG0568 CIMG0567 CIMG0566 CIMG0564 CIMG0563 CIMG0562 CIMG0561 CIMG0559 Disc mouthed flagons Disc mouthed flagons Disc mouthed flagons Disc mouthed flagons Disc mouthed flagons A Poulaine Shoe Leather offcuts Shoe sole and vamp Shoe sole and vamp Trench 3 Trench 2 Pits in Trench 2 Trench 2 After the Dig Shoe and Trowel Shoe and Trowel Shoe and Trowel Trench 3 Trench 3 Trench 3 Trench 3 Trench 3 Trench 1 Trench 1 Trench 2 Trench 1 Trench 1 Trench 1 Trench 2 Trench 2 Trench 2 facing south east Trench 2 Trench 2 Basement Trench 2 Basement Trench 1 Roman burials from 2006 evaluation Last remaining building on site - now demolished Last building Prescot Street Site Hut Medieval leather shoe sole and vamp Leather shoe Diggers at work CIMG0425.JPG