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Caerleon Dig

@CaerleonDig

Excavations on the newly discovered suburb of monumental buildings outside the Roman fortress, Caerleon from 4 Aug - 1 Sept

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Some post-dig photos Really important job of marking up the pottery Real good job done by everyone

Post dig photos - a typical lunchtime!

Recording held up a little by a high tide!

Mary cleaning up the teg wall and a waterlogged wooden beam in T1

Our Roman soldier and Roman lady are guarding the front gate :D

Break time gets silly :D

We have also got some new small finds on display, setting those up as we tweet!

Getting all the clay ready for the pot making! Those pots look great!

Setting up for the open day today finding interesting things for you to look at!

#findoftheday typical, small copper ring flicked out as we were cleaning T7 for section drawing

People learning about the different bulk finds from the trenches this year

First day of open day going great! Here people are looking at our small finds.

#findoftheday Really nice Intaglio from Trench 3 - showing a Capricorn, and we think an eagle and a fish!!

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#findoftheday Beautiful dice found in Trench 3. Really amazingly preserved

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Thanks to #timeteam for an amazing three days! It was brilliant working with you!

Phil working really hard in Trench 3, very nice archaeology! Can't wait for the episode to air!

Lovely stratigraphy in Trench 6

Passing finds out of Trench 5

Can you spot Phil in the photo?

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Great turn out for tours today. Amazed at how many people came through the gate. Thanks everyone for coming!!

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