{"id":82,"date":"2014-06-19T17:47:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T16:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/numoocs\/?p=82"},"modified":"2021-09-15T18:06:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T17:06:31","slug":"altars-mud-and-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2014\/06\/19\/altars-mud-and-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Altars, mud and cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were extremely grateful to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senhousemuseum.co.uk\/excavation\/\">Senhouse Roman Museum<\/a> for their hospitality and patience as they hosted a visit from us last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum has a great location, with fine views over the Solway Firth \u2013 it holds examples of altars, monuments and sculptures most of which come from the Roman fort and settlement at Maryport.\u00a0 (A bonus in the summer months the modest entrance fee includes a tour of the excavations).<\/p>\n<p>Our mission was to interview the site director Tony Wilmott, capture pictures and record students at work in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senhousemuseum.co.uk\/excavation\/\">Roman Temple Project Excavation<\/a>. \u00a0Our crack Digital Media Team:\u00a0 Kevin, Stephen and Helen got to work identifying good filming locations and setting up equipment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92\" style=\"width: 745px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/soundman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-92 \" alt=\"Sound\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/soundman.jpg\" width=\"745\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/soundman.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/soundman-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/soundman-817x1024.jpg 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lunch time gave a chance to meet some of the team of archaeologists, many of whom are Newcastle University students.\u00a0 We noted considerable trade in cake from the Museum shop.\u00a0 Clearly cake is as important as sunscreen on site!<\/p>\n<p>Then, a short walk from the museum to the site, to a crafty viewpoint on top of the excavation mound to view the activity at work.\u00a0 Ian \u00a0skilfully summaried the work to camera before the team were let loose with hand held cameras to film students close up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/onthemound.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-91\" alt=\"onthemound\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/onthemound.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/ian-wiht-sky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-90\" alt=\"ian wiht sky\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/ian-wiht-sky.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/ian-wiht-sky.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/ian-wiht-sky-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2014\/06\/ian-wiht-sky-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be able to spot the footage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/hadrians-wall\">Hadrian&#8217;s Wall: Life on the Roman Frontier<\/a>\u00a0when it starts on 22 September. \u00a0Look out for it when we consider frontier communities, ritual and religion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were extremely grateful to the Senhouse Roman Museum for their hospitality and 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