Summer Dig Day 4 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-1… Probably not a gatehouse, but very possibly a gateway! Be sure to come to Forty Hall Estate this Saturday 13th and knock on Henry VIII's front door! #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

Summer Dig Day 5 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-1… Not only a likely gatehouse but with free-standing flanking turrets too - fancy! #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

Summer Dig Day 6 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-1… Tidying things up for tomorrow's open day #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

Join us in Forty Hall Estate 's lime tree avenue today, 11am to 4pm and witness the rediscovery of a Tudor palace gatehouse. Activities for families, finds fresh from the trenches and archaeologists on hand to answer your questions!

Summer Dig Day 7 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-1… Thank you to everybody who came to see us in Forty Hall today, especially those of you who bought our books! The dig continues for another week and more of the gatehouse will be revealed! #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

Summer Dig Day 8 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-1… One complete gatehouse turret! #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

Delighted to visit Enfield Archaeological Society this morning with their multi phase Tudor gatehouse excavation coming along nicely.

Summer Dig Day 9 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-1… Revealing the floor of our new gatehouse turret. Approx. six courses below ground and compacted bricks so densely laid the joints are almost invisible. Interpretations on a postcard please. #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

Summer Dig Day 10 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-1… Brick floor or... earlier wall? A bit more cleaning and detailed recording before we know for sure! #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

Summer Dig Day 11 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-1… A Tudor arch for a Tudor palace. We think from a fireplace - keeping the porter warm in those cold winter months! #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

Wonderfully tactile toolmarks #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

Good advice as always from London Fire Brigade Please take care if you are BBQing this weekend and remember, no BBQs or open fires are permitted in #Enfield parks.

You can also find out all the latest updates of the dig on the EAS's website - enfarchsoc.org/#news #FortyHallHistory #EnfieldHistory #Archaeology #LocalHistory #FortyHall #Enfield #NorthLondon

Summer Dig Day 12 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-1… E for... Elizabeth? E for... Edward? E for... Elsyng??? #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Graffiti #Archaeology

The Welsh smugglers who founded a Winchmore Hill chapel The Enfield Society explores the history of an unusual place of worship enfielddispatch.co.uk/?p=15228

Summer Dig Day 13 enfarchsoc.org/news/2024-07-2… Digging and recording complete, only remaining job the bit they never show on TV - the backfilling! #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology

I'm dipping my toe into #FestivalofArchaeology tomorrow with a lunchtime tour. Places available all week!

Composite 3D model of our newly discovered gatehouse: skfb.ly/p6tFF #ElsyngPalace #Tudor #Archaeology #Photogrammetry