What is your favourite moment of archaeology ever? Dylan

That’s a difficult one. There have been lots of times when something fascinating has been discovered on one of my digs, special things like a bronze dagger, an amazing flint arrowhead or a Roman brooch. But to me the best moment was when I was doing an excavation with primary school kids in Shaftesbury, where I live. We were finding lots of medieval pottery, which was what we expected, but then one girl pulled out a long piece of flint. It was a Mesolithic (middle Stone Age) blade, and she was the first person to touch it for about 10,000 years. This took us all back to a time when bears and wolves roamed the forests – a really magical moment. She got on the front cover of our local paper too! We’re going back in the autumn to do more digging there with the school. Can’t wait! (I’ll let you know what we find).