Honeywood Excavation 2010-5

Day 5 - Wednesday 14th July 2010

This has been a day of steady progress with few new discoveries. The only major find has been in trench A where the wall along the west side has been identified as the side of an open watercourse which must have been part of the Victorian garden. It seems to have run from a small round pond into the south end of the rectangular pond. At some point in the late 19^th or early 20^th century it was replaced with a stoneware drain pipe. The watercourse was then filled with clay and a plant bed was partly built over it.

We have now more or less cleared the rectangular pond without any major new finds. This will allow us to open a new trench (B) to examine the back of the wall along the east side of the pond.

John Phillips

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Two Johns surveying	Is it curved?	This is where water exits from under the house


The sun always shines on John	Steve carries on	Shirley (left) and Pat take afternoon tea


One impressive grotto	More exposure near the round pond	New blood for the washing team


Shirley and Mike transfixed!	John Horne has boldly removed the curious object - a table!	Jane works - the Johns watch!


Jane finds a reason to smile	Too wet for ducks	Elizabeth's not bothered by the rain

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