Finding old shoes under floors is always thought provoking for me. Their placement & context is everything, providing opportunity to consider folkloric traditions. This small boot had been repaired extensively! #archaeology #buildingsarchaeology #context #historicbuildings

To today evaluating some historic plasterwork c.1870, with a mix of floral motifs, including 3D elements 😍 busy week already
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From excavating ovens to retrieving phased timbers from demolition works, evidencing a ghost medieval building significantly chopped and reorganised into the 17th and 18thc. Particularly loved recording phases of chamfered stops 👌🏼
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Sometimes you know what you’re going to find, but never the extent. Here we have two phases of oven to a 17thc stack, with an in situ clome inserted into an earlier brick oven, with more phasing to uncover!
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Intentional varnished marbling, new observation for me! Love identifying hidden decorative schemes. This had been applied along the string course into the service attic interestingly & carefully applied to each baluster - c.1860 reflecting other marbling across the stair hall.
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Significant burn markings recently found with colleague Kate, recording a local church. Never seen anything like it before! 🤩
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Some up close details of the best bit of late 19thc hand painted marbling I’ve seen so far. This example was painted onto wallpaper with double red ashlar block lines allowing paper edges to meet, and subtle grey veining mimicking polished stone.
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