80 DUGOUTS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO 9TH CENTURY RURAL LIFE IN FIRST BULGARIAN EMPIRE

[Imperial Dave]

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2021/01/21/80-newly-found-dugouts-offer-glimpse-into-9th-century-rural-life-in-first-bulgarian-empire/

[Duncan Head]

Oh, dugout houses - my initial expectation was canoes.

[Imperial Dave]

ah....should have clarified the title...

[Erpingham]

The excavation seems to have been done with Wheeler boxes - very Old School.

[DBS]

The excavation seems to have been done with Wheeler boxes - very Old School.

Thread drift I realise, but one quaint aspect of Wheeler's career is that during WW2, when he was a TA anti-aircraft regiment CO, his standardised design for AA machine-gun pits was based on Celtic roundhouses...

[Erpingham]

He also had a daredevil streak.  Under the guise of researching what it was like to experience anti-aircraft fire, he blagged a seat in a Wellington bomber on a raid on an Italian air field.  To get a better view , he sat in the front turret.  The air defences were a disappointment though so the bomber crew decided to beat up the airfield, Wheeler blazing away with the turret guns.  Indiana Jones eat your heart out.