After all the rain yesterday/overnight, the bedrock is even more visible at the bottom of trench 1. And, can you spot the stone that doesn& #39;t match the rest? That pink stone in the 4th course is igneous rock, rather than sandstone & the nearest known source is the Cheviots!

After a final bit of recording, we were on backfilling duty today. It& #39;s hard work digging it all up, but even harder to put it all back! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤪" title="Zany face" aria-label="Emoji: Zany face"> – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian& #39;s Wall

We had our smallest visitor to the dig https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐸" title="Froschgesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Froschgesicht"> don& #39;t worry we moved it somewhere safe! – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian& #39;s Wall

And a lot of fly-bys! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚁" title="Hubschrauber" aria-label="Emoji: Hubschrauber">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚁" title="Hubschrauber" aria-label="Emoji: Hubschrauber">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚁" title="Hubschrauber" aria-label="Emoji: Hubschrauber"> – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian& #39;s Wall

And just like that, we& #39;re done digging at Walltown Crags! – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian& #39;s Wall

The trenches are a little lumpy now, but in a few months when the turf as filled in, you won& #39;t even know that we had been there! – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian& #39;s Wall