This week I
went to the Worcester Sixth Form College to meet the head of the Archaeology
Dept. Dan Boatwright. He had contacted Headland a short time before my
placement asking for help with enrichment opportunities and volunteering
options for his students. We discussed the kinds of things he was hoping of
achieving throughout the next year and also tried to iron out issues with the
distance between us. I am to go back in the next few weeks to do a presentation
for his students on what it is to be an archaeologist and to talk about ways in
which his students can become involved in archaeology.
At the end
of this week I had the opportunity to undertake some survey training with Simon
Mayes who has a lot of experience in this field and conducts much of this type
of work for the company. It is useful for me to keep up to date with these
skills since the intention is that I will be using such techniques on community
projects in the near future. We went to Rogerstone Castle
The site
itself was heavily overgrown and had multiple phases of building work and
landscaping. We faced many problems in surveying the topography of this site
since GPS was not an option and the line of sight necessary for EDM survey was
poor throughout. This is not to mention the fact that as a mot castle the steep
terrain becomes a nightmare to move over when hindered by a carpet of brambles.
Despite such issues we produced a good survey of results and I learnt many
problem solving strategies that will be invaluable when undertaking work with
volunteers.
Simon and I completing a topographical and feature survey of Rogerstone Castle, Newport.
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