Here are a few photos of people from the 94 season at Piddington.


Area "E"

Area E workers So what is it? General digging Wow some real archaeology Put the oysters back in the hole
Well I was back in Area E again this year but managing to find some archaeology this time. Even though some of it was a little puzzling. This was the year the Italians arrived - Captain Acne and his side kick. He knew very little English and even less about archaeology. No matter where I put him he would dig holes except when I put him somewhere that needed hacking out then he started scraping delicately.

The Well

'No matter where I dig always big rocks!' James digging a hole for himself The Well
Naturally Area E wasn't the area that had the best find. Andy and James managed to dig a real hole for themselves when they discovered a big pit surrounded by bolders. This eventually turned into one of the largest Roman wells in the country (Military - must be military).

Other Areas

More general excavation Robbed wall and sooty hypocaust Some finds
Other areas of the site were turning up some interesting archaeology too (the hypocaust was naturally inches outside area E). Mind you I did have a small find this year - the bowl of a spoon - bottom row 3 from left.

New arrivals

Scott Sandra Chris Chris' first Barrowload Chris Digging On our way to the pub Chris demonstratin how she uncovered the drain
This year was a bumper one for new arrivals - Scott, Sandra and Tina all first arrived at Pidd in 94 and I believe Tim did too but I don't seem to have any photos so maybe I'm wrong. Of course I had also persuaded Chris to venture to Pidd as well. This is the one year that there are any photos of her digging as she discovered that she was allurgic to the soil and came out in a nasty red rash.

Silliness

Celine Attack of the blue plastic sheet If you've seen this car please let Lee know Kill them. Kill them all. Fran back again
Must have been a quieter year than many as there are only a handful of silly shots (and far too much archaeology). Perhaps we were all too busy trying to avoid being axed to death by Don to have time for anything else. After all when a man starts muttering to himself at night - and getting a reply - you know something has to be up! This must be one of the last pictures taken of Lee's car before it mysteriously disappeared. It may look like there were two psycopathic loonies at Pidd this year but believe me one of them is harmless - well almost. Fran turned up again this year for a night - the last time she set foot on Pidd soil.