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EMASS visits the Pillar of Eliseg
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A collaboration between the University of Chester and University of Bangor
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Eliseg Media 2011 with Media Supervisor Joe Tong
Project Eliseg, Season 2, 2011 – a 35-minute video directed and edited by Joe Tong summarising the work of the 2011 field season.For daily blogs for the 2011 season, click the following:
Day 1 – So it begins!
Day 2 – The landscape of the Pillar and a windy day for digging.
Day 3 – Tea, couscous and the logic of the video recording.
Day 4 – Through the backfill and community perceptions of the Pillar.
Day 5 – Excavating into the mound begins!
Day 6 – The antiquarian activity relocated and itch relief.
Day 9 – A multi-phased monument and the geology of the mound.
Day 10 - Lord of the ring (ditch).
Day 11 – The tower rises, Cadw visit, the trenches get deeper and the ring ditch cannot be found!
Day 12 - The thin red line and burnt bone.
Day 12 EXTRA – cist of death!
Day 13 – The last day of digging and Rose Roberts reflects.
Day 14 – The end of days.