Slow progress on the dig, but NEW is the revelation that the brick walls we thought were the cellar walls of the 1702 mansion are not (yet again) what they seem.

The walls we see (with their stone cappings) are in fact built around the original cellar walls and were put there by the Victorian antiquarian James Halliwell-Phillips who uncovered them in the 1860'. He clearly did this in order to protect the walls before they were covered by backfill and the subsequent landscaping we now see.

So, we have evidence of some innovative conservation practices, and this, combined with the related practise of surrounding features of note with brick walls so they can be displayed are clearly an early foray into heritage interpretation. This all shows great care for the heritage uncovered in this early dig.

A paper maybe?

Meanwhile the second of the four quadrants in the Knot Garden is making slow progress, whilst work in the so-called 'brewery area' moves along.