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'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's hard work digging it all up, but even harder to put it all back! – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian's Wall

We had our smallest visitor to the dig don't worry we moved it somewhere safe! – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian's Wall

And a lot of fly-bys! – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian's Wall

And just like that, we're done digging at Walltown Crags! – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian's Wall

The trenches are a little lumpy now, but in a few months when the turf as filled in, you won't even know that we had been there! – bei Walltown Crags - Hadrian's Wall