Today our site was open to the public as part of the national Heritage Open Days Programme. The weather forecast had been dire but the morning started off sunny but a bit breezy so sensibly the Suffolk Wildlife Trust decided not to erect a gazebo. They did have a stall however with a game for the young and not so young - "Guess the Skeleton" with a selection of animal skeletons to choose from. Not ancient though! Visitors included Anglia TV and a number of schoolchildren who, having visited last week, wanted to show their parents what we were up to.
17 volunteers came to help entertain the over 150 visitors who made the trek from the car park iup by the first gates. They saw work going on including finds washing, sieving, digging and some excavations of a skeleton. Jezz and Alison explained the complexities of the ditches whilst others particularly Nina, Lynette and Martha explained what we had determined from the remains of our Saxon bodies.
The weather turned wet and even more windy about 2:30pm so somewhat reluctantly we decided to pack up and save our remaining energy for the week to come.
17 volunteers came to help entertain the over 150 visitors who made the trek from the car park iup by the first gates. They saw work going on including finds washing, sieving, digging and some excavations of a skeleton. Jezz and Alison explained the complexities of the ditches whilst others particularly Nina, Lynette and Martha explained what we had determined from the remains of our Saxon bodies.
The weather turned wet and even more windy about 2:30pm so somewhat reluctantly we decided to pack up and save our remaining energy for the week to come.
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