@digalderney.bsky.social
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Drawing to scale of the wall of a Roman firt with a Roman soldier on the rampart.
After several years' work by members of our team, the draft manuscript of 'A Late #RomanFort on #Alderney' is off to the publisher. Next comes 'peer review'; we will then address the comments before the final text is agreed. Hopefully BAR Publishing will publish the book in mid-2026.
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Dr Jason Monaghan is giving an online lecture to the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society at 2pm today. Link in comments.
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Spreading the word. Dr Jason Monaghan gave a talk to 40 members of the East Riding Archaeological Society at Hull University. The fort at the Nunnery has close parallels to four forts on the Yorkshire coast but is much better preserved, so should help in the interpretation of those sites.
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Aerial shot of the Roman small fort of Alderney. The walls are roman stone construction with an 18th century English building inside it.
We're quietly working on the #Nunnery monograph. This month's task is to complete the list of diagrams and photographs. Colleagues are pitching in to take new pictures of the site we need for the publication. Alan Perks took this great drone shot showing the whole east wall.
22.07.2025 16:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Phil de Jersey will in due course be giving a lecture on the dig in Guernsey and the results should be published in the 2026 Bulletin of the Alderney Society. Thanks for following the project and for your continued support and interest.
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Day 17-18 and it's a wrap! The excavation at Les Huguettes is concluded, the main structure has been protected with plastic and the site will be backfilled with the kind assistance of States Works.
The final video from the site is here
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In today's video Phil gives an overview of the archaeology of Longis Common.
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Day 16 and we're almost done. Dr Phil de Jersey will be giving a lecture on the dig at the Island Hall at 1800 tonight (Thursday).
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Day 15. A look at a rectangular structure and ditch at the top of the site.
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Today's video catches up on news from the site.
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A person wearing a hat washing finds from an archaeological excavation. Standing at a table with a light blue washing up bowl.
Wooden boxes with archaeological finds stacked up against a wall.
Days 12 to 14. The dig is approaching its end, with the last features being explored. Meanwhile the essential post-excavation work is taking place at the Nunnery. In the picture John is gently cleaning the finds and then setting them out in the sun to dry.
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Aerial view of Longis Bay
Aerial view of archeological dig.
Day 12. One of the team took this snap out of the window of an Aurigny. Longis bay is at the top, with the Nunnery at its head. The Iron Age site is the teardrop shape at bottom of the image. No video today.
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Only a short video today
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Day 11. Advance notice that Dr Phil de Jersey will be giving a talk at the Island Hall on Thursday 22nd May at 6pm. Admission free, run in conjunction with the @alderney society.
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In today's video, Dr Phil de Jersey considers the detail of the 'roundhouse' structure
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Day 10. Dr Matthew Adeleye of Cambridge University visited the site today and took samples from the hearth area. These will be analysed for evidence of the local environment in the Iron Age.
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Day 9 and the extensions to the trench are being cleared. Photo from shows the curvilinear structure around the hearth at the bottom of the site. The German trench has almost been dug out. In the foreground a later structure is being revealed. It is clay bonded and may have a rectangular plan.
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Iron Age stone roundhouse with burnt area of the hearth in the middle.
Day 8. A little overnight rain brings out the colours in the site. Photo shows the hearth at the centre of the curving structure.
#Alderney #IronAge #Archaeology Today's video update here youtu.be/ZBfjmV-WfCw?...
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Man standing in trench recording tone structure. Other diggers in background. Wheelbarrows around the site.
Day 7 at Les Huguettes, #Alderney. We're clearing and planning the #IronAge structure but also turning attention to structures emerging at the top of the site.
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A wooden box of mixed pottery sherds and bones.
Day 6 and we're cleaning up the building after removing the central baulk. A nice haul of Iron Age potsherds from one area of the site today. #Alderney #IronAge
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Day 5 on HUG25. We are making progress clearing the area around the building and are removing the central baulk. Today's video is here.
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Archaeologists working in a trench in a field.
Day 4. In the shot you can see the German trench snaking up the site has now been cleared. We are working to clean up parts of the Iron Age roundhouse ( left and under blue plastic) and tackling a large limpet midden ( top right). Today's video is here youtu.be/0fRYON_ISCM?...
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Archaeological excavation - long rectangular trench with people standing around against the backdrop of Longis beach. In the far background right is the coast of Normandy.
Day 3 and we've opened up a second section of the trench, cleared a German feature and started to investigate what looks like a hearth. See today's video (some wind noise)
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Archaeologists in a trench in a field while two people stand to the left of the trench. In the foreground left of the trench are large stones.
Day 2 and there are now nine of us on site. The rain mostly stayed away and by afternoon mattocks had given way to trowels as features begin to emerge.
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The 2025 Huguettes excavation @digalderney.bsky.social is underway!
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Archaeologists working on an Iron Age site against the backdrop of Longis Bay, Alderney.
Day one at Les Huguettes, site HUG25. Our six diggers cleared 30 square metres of topsoil thick with roots. We found plenty of golf balls that went well astray of the greens, and by the end of the afternoon the first hints of the Iron Age settlement we're looking for.
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View of a field overlooking Longis Bay, Alderney.
And we're off! Our advance party beat the travel Gremlins to arrive in Alderney. The tools have been assembled, with thanks to the Alderney Society, the ground cleared by the Alderney Wildlife Trust. The first trench of the 2025 excavation has been laid out and digging begins today!
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Archaeological trench. Stones mark two rooms of a building with a digger in each room.
Dr Jason Monaghan will be giving a lecture on 'A Late Roman Building on Longis Common' at the Frossard Theatre, Guernsey, on Tuesday 25th March at 7.30pm. Admission free.
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