Found a drain!

[Sharpy]

pagan thing, although I thought we were Christians from roman times on. They were surprised not to find lamb bones with them ! Another field contained a medeaval village, deserted when the plague struck, apart from house remains, they found the foundations of a high status house, the sides of the foundation trench were perfect, as if done yesterday. They also found the skeleton of a cow, from the 'position' of the skeleton, they could tell it had wandered into a bog, and drowned, as they dug deeper there, they found human remains, the conclusion being, they had buried the plague victims in a ditch, causing the water to back up, and creating a swamp, into which, the cow got stuck, and being no-one left alive, no one saw her. I feel incredibly lucky, that all the archeology was done here, they came for3 weeks, which, because of so much archeology, extended to 18 months. They could even show me the medeaval plough pans !, And some of those were 4-5 feet deep, showing the amount soil can move by cultivation !!!

Thank you! Very interesting indeed.

 

[AF Salers]

No idea of the quality but you can get a ferret finder for £35 on eBay

 

[Punch]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Muddying the water worked well but I did buy a pot of Fluoresceine. About £6 screw fix. Drain didn’t go where we thought but ran across the hill under a drive. Haven’t cured the problem at the bottom of the field but still investigating.