Vindolanda Day Six

Magnificent weather today.  But the archaeology is a bit mundane.  We have some whopping great fort trenches to get to.  But quite a bit of later rubble and clay packing lies between us and the trench fill.

Occasionally the rubble has interesting artifacts in it.  Here is the bottom part of a ceramic wine goblet....with an interesting hole bored in it.  What is the point of drilling a hole in a wine glass?  

Elsewhere on the site an ongoing excavation that is cleaning out a Roman toilet drain is moving along much faster in the dry weather.  The quality of the excavation is very good.  Interestingly the original drain construction was very shoddy despite being associated with a bath house built to rather high standards.

When it is hot on site you must remain hydrated.  I am assured that this bottle is plastic, so as to be unbreakable.  And that it contains only iced tea.