| Entry: | 16th August. In obedient attempt to get fully well I didn't work in the trench until the afternoon. However, I had a long-overdue session with the paperwork. A set of levels I'd taken for profiles of F279 had been peculiar at the time, but I thought I had sorted it out. A look at the papers showed that they were very much out - probably a product of the heat one afternoon, plus the fact that the cover makes it impossible to extend the staff fully so readings have to be adjusted constantly, and roof struts regularly impede reading the staff anyway. So I sorted out which levels I had an independent record of on other plans etc, and after lunch took a new set. A few things were no longer there, but I will be able to work out the standard difference - if there is one - and adjust them accordingly. I also started taking out 2872 after all - and guess what - below the plaster surface were steeply sloping layers of grey and orange-brown thin bricks! Because of the long exposure of both 2872 and the adjacent wall (dug last year), it is very difficult to tell whether it is really joined to the wall or not. This is the same problem as F279, and is partly why it is still there. Tomorrow should solve some questions, as I intend to get rid of it completely.Entered By: Naomi Hamilton |
