tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22856388.post-28072704273591724832006-06-01T20:44:00.000+01:002007-01-15T21:05:35.912Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6n9s0s0eZ90/RavoZ8aqfjI/AAAAAAAAAAM/CTKE8_Vgr3Y/s1600-h/Valdoe+Matt+Niel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_6n9s0s0eZ90/RavoZ8aqfjI/AAAAAAAAAAM/CTKE8_Vgr3Y/s320/Valdoe+Matt+Niel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020361742046887474" border="0" /></a> The <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">initial</span> Assessment Phase of fieldwork has now finished. Since February a series of seven boreholes, five test pits and numerous exposure <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">recordings</span> have allowed us to accurately produce a detailed model of the geology in the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Valdoe</span> Quarry.<br /><br />We have been given an enormous amount of uninhibited access to the Quarry through the continued, kind permission of <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Dudmans</span> LTD.<br /><br />As a <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">result</span> we are now able to predict where deposits containing archaeology and <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">environmental</span> indicators are luckily to be preserved. Should any further extraction take place we shall therefore be in a position to develop a suitable plan for mitigation/rescue.mipnoreply@blogger.com