We worked on Saturday. We have now got traces of three brick walls. Two are at the north end of the trench looking 19th century and are probably connected with a major remodelling of the house that seems to have taken place at that time. They are probably both continuations of walls seen in the 1997 excavation which was immediately west of the present trench.
 
The other foundation is odd in both construction and alignment. It is made of brick, tile and chalk and appears to be the continuation of a brick and tile wall seen in the 1997 trench. That was aligned more or less east-west. It runs into the present trench and then immediately turns north. It is probably an internal wall. The brick in it looks 18th century.
 
We expected to find the foundation of the front (east) wall of the house but it has not, so far, appeared.
 
We are going to stop excavations so we can concentrate on the Oaks finds project which will be taking place next week – it is open to the public Thursday to Saturday.
 
The trench now looks quite promising, and I am intending to resume excavation in early September. The gap will also provide some time for thinking.