Our plan for the day was to uncover the wall foundations on the north-eastern side of the pumphouse and, time permitting, to start a two metres-wide trench to reveal the floor of the building parallel to the newly-exposed wall. This was a little ambitious, however, a great deal was accomplished and we finished the day with the entire north-eastern wall uncovered. We have more photos in our photo blog galleries.

This was the first all-day event with a good number of WCMS members attending. As on the previous two days of digging, we were only working through post-abandonment layers and our finds were limited to the litter of several generations of passers-by. The majority of the finds were broken glass bottles. Quite a few fragments are from long-past local companies like Bonny’s and the brewers Mellersh and Neale.

The team ranged from the young through to several retired members but with equal enthusiasm from everybody. For those who were new to the site this was a great opportunity to learn about the well and our plans to expose what remains. The weather was fair and we had a few visitors interested in what we are doing.