![]() ![]() It had a convenient line of Greensand blocks marking a wall edge following the alignment of the Stable Yard wall. The machine then went to F and in an hour had emptied the rubble down to a large area of mortared stone. The digger in trench A with the bucket arm at the location of the newly discovered wall. pretty much on cue, and we were soon miked and saying to camera the exciting things we were feeling. There it was… in the form of three, solid, mortared and level blocks of stone…. Stop ! Nancy said and trowelled where the bucket had been. where we hoped for a wall to be.Īfter a couple of scrapes the machine juddered. ![]() The digger began at the east end of Trench A…. The mechanical excavator arrived again at 1pm. Then… I will tell of the helpful clues provided by Sir Richard which have now led to the discovery of Stourton Castle…… which so far, has not happened. David Dawson at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes will talk of Sir Richard and show his archaeological collection. Thursday night looms… when at 7.30pm, I am due to give an internet presentation from Sir Richard Colt Hoare’s library in Stourhead House. This unyielding rubble which we have been grappling with for the last 8 days.įurther west, towards Stourhead House, trench C was also presenting increasingly sizeable chunks of stone.Īt this rate…we were in danger of not finding Stourton Castle. The trenches have been carefully positioned to intercept the alignment of the Stable Yard east wall.īoth trenches follow the alignment of the east wall of the Stable Yard… and… in a perfect world … we would find a nice wall below the deep rubble. Trench F looking towards Trench A with the Stable Yard in shadow beyond the gazebos. though none, unfortunately, in a wall-like assemblage. It lies on the north side of trench A where all the large lumps of stone have been found. First thing in the morning… the new trench F had the last of the topsoil mattocked off. ![]()
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