Somehow, we managed to avoid the worst of the showers that swirled round the rest of East Lancashire and managed a day’s excavation on Saturday 25th April. However, it was quite cold.
We excavated a trial pit sited adjacent the demolished remains of the Craggs farmstead. We finished at a depth of about 2 ft & a date c1800 AD. Finds have yet to be properly identified but include sherds of blackware, sherds of the base of a Georgian bottle, a small cog & shaft, probably from a clock, & an old button. There were 6 clearly defined contexts, most containing hearth material (burnt coal, ash, heat effected stone, & some fragments of charcol) & pot sherds. We also recorded the most interesting stone and timber remains from the demolished farm buildings.
![It rained a few times!](http://www.pendleheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Sabden-Dig-2-300x225.jpg)
![View from the site](http://www.pendleheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Sabden-Dig-3-300x225.jpg)
![Ovolo moulded stone, probably a window jamb.](http://www.pendleheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Sabden-Dig-Ovolo-Moulded-stone-300x197.jpg)
![Context 3](http://www.pendleheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Context-3-300x292.jpg)
![Context 4 - smooth shallow ash layer](http://www.pendleheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Sabden-Dig-Context-4-300x280.jpg)
![Context 5 - various small to medium stones](http://www.pendleheritage.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Sabden-Dig-Context-5-300x252.jpg)