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ILKESTON ARCHAEOLOGY PHOTO GALLERY
 
  Left - The site as it appeared in early 2001. Overgrown and covered with a huge pile of garden rubbish.
This view was taken looking west toward the wall which surrounds the property and divides the church yard from the grounds of the former vicarage.

 

  

Above  - The short (and only) section of church wall constructed of sandstone.
         
  Left and Right - These fragments of masonry were found buried beneath the earth and rubbish piled against the church wall.
They were later found to be part of the lost tomb of William de Cantelupe (died 1309).
Sections of stone window tracery were also recovered.		  
         
  Right  - The presence of this foundation lying at right angles to the base of the church wall suggested that the remains of a substantial structure lay buried beneath the site.

Left - Corresponding foundations were uncovered at the opposite end of the sandstone section of church wall.

  
           


Above  - Inside the two outermost foundations, another section of wall was uncovered suggesting the remains of not only one but two previously unknown buildings lay beneath the site.		      

Above - The site in summer 2002.
Team member Carol Bamford found over 80 fragments of medieval painted glass in the area she is seen working in.
           

Above - A partially reconstructed Midland Whiteware flagon found amongst the material filling the area between the above two walls pictured above.

       

Above - This medieval bug hole cistern was also found amongst the fill material between the two walls pictured above left.
           


This stone-lined gutter was uncovered during the last few days of the excavations during 2002

        

Just a few of the 92 fragments of medieval painted glass found during the excavations.