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Day 11 – A new week.
Igor tests his trowel. We’re over the half-way mark now and beginning to think about making sure we are able to finish everything we start in the time available. We were joined by a new person this...
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Day 12 – Them bones, them bones…
Today was cold but dry. There was a wind from the north west for much of the day which meant that most people on site kept their coats on all day. A wooly hat even appeared – I’m not naming any names....
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Day 13 – Putting our best foot forward.
Work continued from yesterday with Eimear planning in Area 1 (Cutting 6), Matt excavating features in Area 2 (Cutting 7), Niamh extending the cutting to expose the full extent of the grave cut, and the...
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Day 14 – A ‘soft’ day.
Today the weather started out dry but quite grey and overcast. As soon as we got to the site, a persistent drizzle had started and with very little wind, it seemed that this would be ‘down for the...
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Day 15 – Summer’s back!
Well, who’d have thought it? Met Eireann, the Irish weather service issued an apology for the weather forecast for yesterday. They said there’d be occasional showers in the east of the country (where...
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Day 16 – The pressure’s on.
We are now into the final week and there seems like so much still to be done. At least the weather is holding up. It was not as sunny as it was over the week end – the day started out a bit overcast...
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Day 17 – The sun is working overtime
The Cutting 7 team in action. The weather was with us again today. From a calm but overcast start, the day rapidly improved with strong sunshine and high temperatures all day. A few more days like...
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Day 18 – Circling the wagons.
‘No you can’t have my lunch!’ It was another fantastic day in the Boyne Valley – very warm and sunny but with some cloud cover in the afternoon. Cattle were moved into the field where our site cabin...
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Day 19 – It is all becoming clear now…
First of all, the piece that RTE came to the site to film was aired on the 6-One News and the 9 O’Clock News on RTE1 last night. It is amazing how much time was spent on-site and how much footage was...
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Day 20 – The last day
First of all apologies for the delay in putting up this post. Friday was a hectic day but we got there in the end and since then I have been taking a bit of down time and catch up on some of my other...
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