As part of my quest to try new things I decided to dig for treasure in my local park. The wonderful folks at DigVentures allow members of the public to assist with archaeology projects in their local area. We arrived on a sunny Thursday to find a couple of areas of Lesnes Abbey cordoned off, with the turf taken up, and a set of tools waiting for us. After a suitable health-and-safety briefing and some instruction on the tools, we got cracking. I was slightly sceptical that we'd find anything digging only a few centimetres of dirt. The professionals reassured us that we'd all find something. After scrabbling around for ages, I was feeling despondent. I found some interesting stones, some underwhelmed worms, and some prehistoric crisp packets - but nothing else. And then. CBM - Ceramic Building Material - tiles started popping out of the ground. Big orange chunks of ancient tiles were everywhere. My mate Cam and I also found some with holes in them - evidence of them being used on a…
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