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29-Jan-2007: Bronze Age Reconstruction 2

A photographic diary showing the excavation and reconstruction of the Bronze Age timber circle.

The completed excavation with the team pretending to be trees.

 

The site has been back-filled and the survey team re-establish the positions of the posts.

 

Excavating the new post holes.

 

Cleansing the site with fire.

 

The replacement posts delivered and waiting to be erected.

 

How many archaeologists does it take to erect one post?

 

The newly erected circle in all its glory.

 

Squatting archaeologists sharing the atmosphere.

 

Sunrise on the Winter solstice.

 

Sunset on the Winter solstice.

 



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