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Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: closing day
Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: Day 10 – 27 July 2022
Today was the last day for the public to view the trenches before they are filled tomorrow. There were several tasks and…
Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: Day 9 – 26 July 2022
The Plan for day 9 was to continue with the Profile Plan of trench 4, showing the change in gradient within the…
Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: Day 8 – 25 July 2022
Monday was a busy day at the Castle, but the unpredictable weather did not put a stop to the day! We were…
Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: Day 7 – 24 July 2022
As your regular blogger isn’t here this Sunday, the task has fallen to me to tell you of the day’s progress, which…
Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: Day 6 – 23 July 2022
It may not be often that a day on a dig starts off, on top of a Medieval castle motte ,with a…
Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: Day 5 – 22 July 2022
As the Curtain wall trench comes to a close interest turns to the motte top, where there is still a lot to…
Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: Day 4 – 21 July 2022
The good weather held for the fourth day of excavations, with cloud cover and moderate temperatures. Though there were few finds for…
Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: Day 3 – 20 July 2022
The objective for the dig today was to continue through the layers of trench 4 in order to find the features shown…
Blog: Shrewsbury Castle dig diary: Day 2 – 19 July 2022
Shrewsbury Castle Dig, funded by Castle Studies Trust, continues with the support from volunteers and student volunteers from Heritage at University Centre…