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Ink Bottle?

Found this largely intact bottle wedged in the clay layer of the intertidal section of the Severn Estuary. a few chips in the spout but...

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...

Roman Roof and Mosaic Floor Tiles?

We walk past the site of the Roman villa pretty much every weekend. The field is ploughed regularly as it is a working farm field so that...

Devil's Toenails / Gryphaea

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

Alien Landscapes

Benefit of working from home is a lunch time walk ... in the mud and the red beach. There are areas of the Severn Estuary that look more...

It aint precious

Found two heavy fragments of metal in December on the shore of the #severnestuary. Cleaned one up a bit and drilled hole to see what it...

More Pottery More Mud

Quick pootle in the mud in the #severnEstuary led to a few more finds. Not sure the hit rate can continue. Today we found: - More Devils...

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