Burgess Park Community Dig – Day 7
July 6, 2010 Archaeology, Blogs, Burgess Park Community Dig, Community
Moving into the second week and it was time for two Museum of London projects to meet as volunteers from the Museum’s London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre (LAARC) came along to dig and wash finds. Usually today’s participants pack objects at the LAARC as part of the Volunteer Inclusion Programme (LAARC VIP), but today they found themselves exposing more of the foundations to the coal cellar and removing another layer of material from the garden area. One lucky volunteer added to the number of coins from the site as a George VI coin dating from 1938 cropped up.
The trench is looking quite different to how it looked this time last week. We now have a nice clear line of bricks running through the middle of the trench, defining the different areas of No. 84 Trafalgar Ave. Some surfaces have been discovered and brushed clean and you can really get the sense that this was once a house with people living in it.
The surrounding area is also revealing itself through the finds that are being discovered, with a lot of material seemingly relating to the public house that stood nearby.
More school groups will be coming to the dig this week and the rest of the LAARC VIP Volunteers will be joining us on Friday.
Adam Corsini, LAARC, Museum of London
See our Flickr photostream for more photos from Day 7 at Burgess Park