9th September 2011, 02:24 PM
Dirty Dave Lincoln Wrote:I've heard this one 'tree bowl/bole' been used as well, though trying to explain to some people that just because a dead feature has had a tree/bush sinking its roots through it doesn't mean it was not a real feature in the first place!!
I remember a case from a couple of years ago where there was a 'tree bole' surrounded by a circle of post-holes. The team on site said that it was an entirely natural feature, and basically had to be told to dig it. Red faces all round when, after much moaning about how it was pointless and a waste of time, excavation of the supposedly 'natural' feature produced a very fine beaker!
You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum