Pottery in the hearth/kiln
A busy open day and less diggers on site, and the rain held off. Millie and Mike carried on in the eastern end of the trench, hoping to find the burnt material, while Martin did the same at the western end.
Millie and Mike excavating down to the mound
Either side of the hearth/kiln features are taken down a few levels
Just before morning break Millie hit gold! Well, not real gold but as good to us, it was the top of the burnt mound, we have been looking for all week! we seem to have just got the back edge of it but time will tell.
Magic Millie cleaning down onto the burnt mound layer
Here is a brilliant picture of the decorated pottery found yesterday, taken by Nick who visited the site and who kindly sent us the shot.
The decorated pottery
Archaeology National Trust SW 
I very much enjoy following your excavation progress. Thanks for the continued updates.
Thank you Christina, we are digging at Chedworth Villa again from August 18th for two weeks so more updates from there 🙂 cheers
Nance