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Context (2034) 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 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 lead goat 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 South east end of site in Zone 4 Zone 4 South East Tomasz, our human tractor Ceri, our new recruit (L - R) David, Skeleton (1698) Fergal and Anies Anies interviews Fergal for a future feature Ashley, glad to be back at work Across site, looking north east Ruth doing a spot of trowelling Fergal's skeleton (1698) (1698) geophoto Soak-away face Cremation burial (1051) being excavated by Paula Paula's cremation (1051) ready for its geo-photo Close up of Paula's cremation (1051) Lukasz at work David sampling a possible cremation Site shot west south west Another soak-away. What fun. Context (1095) if you were interested. The site office ?20th Century post medieval walls - part of South Tenter Street The side of my head Inhumation (1083) with the head resting on a tile Inhumation (1083) (1083) Second big quarry pit (1064) Ashley working on (1083) Tom's poorly preserved Roman burial with only long bones present Gary's inhumation waiting to be geo-photographed Votive deposit (1083) with flagon and black burnished platter Liz's inhumation (1006) Lukasz's inhumation (1032) with pot at feet David's cremation (1087) see journal for further details Paula's cremation (1051) David's cremation (1087) Liz excavating skeleton (1006) Łukasz excavating Roman skeleton (1032) Grid square 525/85 - 525/90 Tom in post-medieval soak-away (937) 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 Excavating an area with disturbed cremation urns 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 Working shot facing north Tom and Greg just can't get enough good soak-away action Anies bursts with joy at supervising the Prescot diggers Cross site shot looking north east Cross site shot looking east Sara and Tom cleaning the Post Medieval basement floor Anies and Ashley discuss Important Supervisory Business Zone 2 looking north east - another wall being cleaned

Working shots from the 2nd May… the upload got a little behind schedule!