This was our last week as Poplar Forest field school students.  This week was filled with emotional activities and exciting discoveries.  It was during our Fourth of July Celebration that two of our field students uncovered our second post-hole, showing evidence of a possible fence that divided the graceful gardens from the utilitarian and agricultural lands.  It seems that the post-holes are located in nine-and-a-half feet intervals, which can tell us about the extension of this fence. Related to the post-holes many architectural and domestic artifacts have been found like brick fragments and nails and different types of pottery. 

We also finished uncovering parts of the French Drain that may inform us about its direction and size. In the last excavated unit, the drain changes its direction in a rather sharp turn.  Many artifacts have been found along the drain’s trench.  Domestic artifacts such as refined earthenware, bottle glass, and window glass have been unearthed along these units.  We hope that with these findings we can successfully understand the purpose of this drain.