Pupils from P5,6,7 Bunessan Primary took part in an archaeological dig on Iona with archaeologist Bob Will.  The dig is taking place all this week on land owned by the Iona Housing trust who are currently developing proposals for 5 new affordable houses on the Glebe Field site for the community of Iona.  The children enjoyed learning new skills and eagerly quizzed Bob about what had been found and what they might hope to find.

 A 9-12th century bronze pin has already been unearthed on the site but unfortunately we were not so lucky, although we did find some handmade pottery and were able to make out fingerprints left by the potter in the clay. The children also found several animal teeth, nails, flint and lots of very large stones.