6th February 2007, 02:49 PM
Troll
Based on the followeing assumptions I would estimate the number of person days required for full excavation to be in the region of 250, giving a team size / duration of 25 people for 10 weeks. If time was not a consideration I would prefer to go with 10 people for 25 weeks, as it is much easier to control quality if there are fewer people.
Ditch is continuous (i.e. no terminals) and averages 1m deep and 1m wide at surface level. There are some isolated and discrete placed deposits at the base.
Mound is fairly symmetrical and is 2m high at centre. Stone covering on the mound is a single layer on the surface rather than the whole mound being stone built. There are no placed deposits or intermediate land surfaces within the mound make-up.
There is one single but sustantial central burial chamber.
The whole of the mound is underlain by a buried land surface that contains worked flints in distinct concentrations but no actual features.
Beamo
Based on the followeing assumptions I would estimate the number of person days required for full excavation to be in the region of 250, giving a team size / duration of 25 people for 10 weeks. If time was not a consideration I would prefer to go with 10 people for 25 weeks, as it is much easier to control quality if there are fewer people.
Ditch is continuous (i.e. no terminals) and averages 1m deep and 1m wide at surface level. There are some isolated and discrete placed deposits at the base.
Mound is fairly symmetrical and is 2m high at centre. Stone covering on the mound is a single layer on the surface rather than the whole mound being stone built. There are no placed deposits or intermediate land surfaces within the mound make-up.
There is one single but sustantial central burial chamber.
The whole of the mound is underlain by a buried land surface that contains worked flints in distinct concentrations but no actual features.
Beamo