Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
My husband thinks they are either where pigs live or it's something to do with landfill.
Strange diggings
- Thread starter Spinney
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Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
My husband thinks they are either where pigs live or it's something to do with landfill.
Globalti
Legendary Member
I posted your question on a Land Rover site (that's 4x4s) and got this reply:
They are archeological trenches just outside me family's home town of Colchester.
They're not recent tho as that image has been up there for a long time.
Colchester has lots and lots of history.... and still has some intact 2000 yr old Roman constructions, such as the old town walls and the vaults under the castle.
Away from your image, and over on the west side of the town, was the discovery in recent years was the unveiling of a Roman 'circus', ie a chariot racing ground, thought to be one of the most intact examples in the whole of Europe, underneath the old Garrison.
I know that there is a campaign on to save it, although oddly Colchester Council don't seem too keen on doing it with their own money, which is a shame.
They are archeological trenches just outside me family's home town of Colchester.
They're not recent tho as that image has been up there for a long time.
Colchester has lots and lots of history.... and still has some intact 2000 yr old Roman constructions, such as the old town walls and the vaults under the castle.
Away from your image, and over on the west side of the town, was the discovery in recent years was the unveiling of a Roman 'circus', ie a chariot racing ground, thought to be one of the most intact examples in the whole of Europe, underneath the old Garrison.
I know that there is a campaign on to save it, although oddly Colchester Council don't seem too keen on doing it with their own money, which is a shame.
Globalti
Legendary Member
I posted your question on a Land Rover site (that's 4x4s) and got this reply:
They are archeological trenches just outside me family's home town of Colchester.
They're not recent tho as that image has been up there for a long time.
Colchester has lots and lots of history.... and still has some intact 2000 yr old Roman constructions, such as the old town walls and the vaults under the castle.
Away from your image, and over on the west side of the town, was the discovery in recent years was the unveiling of a Roman 'circus', ie a chariot racing ground, thought to be one of the most intact examples in the whole of Europe, underneath the old Garrison.
I know that there is a campaign on to save it, although oddly Colchester Council don't seem too keen on doing it with their own money, which is a shame.
They are archeological trenches just outside me family's home town of Colchester.
They're not recent tho as that image has been up there for a long time.
Colchester has lots and lots of history.... and still has some intact 2000 yr old Roman constructions, such as the old town walls and the vaults under the castle.
Away from your image, and over on the west side of the town, was the discovery in recent years was the unveiling of a Roman 'circus', ie a chariot racing ground, thought to be one of the most intact examples in the whole of Europe, underneath the old Garrison.
I know that there is a campaign on to save it, although oddly Colchester Council don't seem too keen on doing it with their own money, which is a shame.
Globalti
Legendary Member
I posted your question on a Land Rover site (that's 4x4s) and got this reply:
They are archeological trenches just outside me family's home town of Colchester.
They're not recent tho as that image has been up there for a long time.
Colchester has lots and lots of history.... and still has some intact 2000 yr old Roman constructions, such as the old town walls and the vaults under the castle.
Away from your image, and over on the west side of the town, was the discovery in recent years was the unveiling of a Roman 'circus', ie a chariot racing ground, thought to be one of the most intact examples in the whole of Europe, underneath the old Garrison.
I know that there is a campaign on to save it, although oddly Colchester Council don't seem too keen on doing it with their own money, which is a shame.
They are archeological trenches just outside me family's home town of Colchester.
They're not recent tho as that image has been up there for a long time.
Colchester has lots and lots of history.... and still has some intact 2000 yr old Roman constructions, such as the old town walls and the vaults under the castle.
Away from your image, and over on the west side of the town, was the discovery in recent years was the unveiling of a Roman 'circus', ie a chariot racing ground, thought to be one of the most intact examples in the whole of Europe, underneath the old Garrison.
I know that there is a campaign on to save it, although oddly Colchester Council don't seem too keen on doing it with their own money, which is a shame.
Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
We cycled past today and couldn't see any sign of any earthworks - it was just a field with sheep in. Interesting stuff though, thanks for posting the item from the Land Rover site!
Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
We cycled past today and couldn't see any sign of any earthworks - it was just a field with sheep in. Interesting stuff though, thanks for posting the item from the Land Rover site!
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Spinney said:
At risk of disturbing your mental equilibrium, we* don't tend to dig with toothbrushes. We use them to clean the more robust finds with, afterwards. Very delicate things might be cleaned up for photography in situ before extraction, with a paint brush. A good digger can be very precise with a trowel. And bear in mind that sometimes all we're looking for (or at least all we're seeing, we're always looking for something more interesting) is a difference in soil colour, which you can often see from a rough scrape, sometimes even just a digger scrape at the right level cleaned up a bit.
*Technically, I'm qualified as an archeologist, although I've never earned a living at it, and my field experience is limited - I specialised in a lab subject. The only 'things' I've ever actually got out of the ground are bones, and some of them had the texture of soggy digestive biscuit due to the acidity of the soil... Mind you, some of the better ones were from hippo!
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Spinney said:
At risk of disturbing your mental equilibrium, we* don't tend to dig with toothbrushes. We use them to clean the more robust finds with, afterwards. Very delicate things might be cleaned up for photography in situ before extraction, with a paint brush. A good digger can be very precise with a trowel. And bear in mind that sometimes all we're looking for (or at least all we're seeing, we're always looking for something more interesting) is a difference in soil colour, which you can often see from a rough scrape, sometimes even just a digger scrape at the right level cleaned up a bit.
*Technically, I'm qualified as an archeologist, although I've never earned a living at it, and my field experience is limited - I specialised in a lab subject. The only 'things' I've ever actually got out of the ground are bones, and some of them had the texture of soggy digestive biscuit due to the acidity of the soil... Mind you, some of the better ones were from hippo!
