A collection of shots taken over 2 days. Lots of Roman pits, for all you quarry fans, and a few burials.

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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) Taking samples Context (2000) Context (2029) - a truncated inhumation Context [2008] Liz Liz excavating a cremation burial Soak-away face Lukasz planning Liz recording a post-medieval pit Anies, sensitive artist, archaeologist and videographer. Fergal waits, shovel ready Paula and her cremation burial. Liz grinning with joy at her most interesting discovery at Prescot Street so far Gary; findsman, archaeologist, outdoor survival expert Liz looking rather too pleased with herself Tom, Greg, a big steam rolling type machine Greg and Tom digging out another soak-away Tom and Greg just can't get enough good soak-away action Anies bursts with joy at supervising the Prescot diggers

Context: 1859 Roman grave

Context: 1863 Roman quarry pit

Context: 1887 Roman quarry pit

Context: 1873 Roman quarry pit

Context: 1894 Roman quarry pit

Context: 1890 Roman burial

Context: 1891 Roman coffin stain belonging to burial (1890)

Context: 1898 Roman quarry pit

Context: 1901 Grave cut

Context: 1907 Gerogian basement and drainage features on Prescot Street

Context: 1909 Oval-shaped Roman quarrying pit

Context: 1910 Grave cut