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Roman building? Maybe, maybe not

UPDATE: After liaising with the very nice county #finds people it turns out the site is a post-medieval mill!. circa 16/17th century....

Pottery, glass, bones and sunsets

After a downpour the intertidal mud can be washed off in some sections of the Severn Estuary and that seemed to be the case today as I...

The Red Shores

Lovely walk when the tide was fully out on Sunday. Managed to get right out over the mud to the red rocks, red clay and red sandy beach...

Fishing Traps, More Pottery Fragments

Bit of heavy rain un-earthed a few more fish trap poles and a load of devils toe nails (Gryphaea). Also a couple of pottery fragments...

V muddy indeed

Whole areas covered in about a foot of silt today. The footprints I found completely covered. Picked up another glass bottle but there...

Pottery and stuff on the River Bed

Managed to get right down on the estuary bed yesterday. #archeology #mud #pottery #ironworks #roman #medieval #fishing #severnestuary...

Severn Estuary Glass

A collection of the glass bits and bobs found int the intertidal zone of the Severn Estuary. #archeology #mud #glass #severnestuary...

Footprints or Pawprints?

Having watched the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lScAz3-3HM) of the research performed down the estuary I have started to look...

Eiffel Tower Lemonade and other stuff

Early walk before work. The immense amount of rain and wind make the shore surprisingly clean of silt. Found 15 Devils Toenails and...

Modern or Ancient Cattle Print?

Found at the base of the where the shore meets the land. A height of around 2.5 meters from where this image was taken to the field...

Devil's Toenails / Gryphaea

Interesting info here: https://www.britannica.com/animal/Gryphaea "Gryphaea. Gryphaea, extinct molluskan genus found as fossils in rocks...

Messing around in the mud

When the Severn estuary is at low tide mysteries of the past are revealed. Getting muddy is obligatory if you want to access shards or...

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