Monthly Archives: June 2010

Being outside at Oatlands today

Posted on June 30, 2010 by oatlandsva

I just came in from my little lunchtime walk.  It is so beautiful here today it took my breath away.  The air smells so clean and clear, with the sweet smell of new-mown fields.  The garden looks spectacular and if … Continue reading →

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Oatlands 12th Annual Art Show starts this Friday

Posted on June 29, 2010 by oatlandsva

The 12th Annual Four Seasons of Oatlands Art Show and Sale starts this Friday, July 2.  I just came back from the Carriage House, where Oatlands staff are preparing the art to be hung.  What I’ve seen so far is … Continue reading →

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Under the milking parlour floor…

Posted on June 24, 2010 by oatlandsva

The archaeology under the milking parlour floor is leading to new questions. Here are some photos of the east side of the extant barn, the interior of an extant bay, and the outline of a wall underneath the milking parlour … Continue reading →

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Today’s digging reveals…

Posted on June 23, 2010 by oatlandsva

To the left is a photo of what has been uncovered so far under the floor of the milking parlour.  The milking parlour is a wooden structure tacked onto the south side of the brick bank barn, and probably added … Continue reading →

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Ice House? or Giant Compost Bin?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by oatlandsva

The hot (or cold) question of the day…was the stone structure to the right of the brick bank barn an ice house, a composting building, or something else entirely?  Yesterday, Rivanna Archaeological Services dug deeper along the foundation wall for … Continue reading →

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Afternoon dig update

Posted on June 22, 2010 by oatlandsva

It’s hot and grimy at Oatlands’ dig site (and the gnats are wicked).  The folks from Rivanna Archaeological are wrapping up for the day.  I just had to know what the story was with the brick worked into the west … Continue reading →

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Buried Treasure?

Posted on June 22, 2010 by oatlandsva

Ok, so it’s buried information.  But to historians, that is treasure!  In the picture to the left, you can see that there is a break between the foundation under the brick barn and the stone structure.  The foundations are built … Continue reading →

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Walls where they should be

Posted on June 21, 2010 by oatlandsva

Today’s news from the archaeological dig happening here at Oatlands:  There are walls where there should be walls.  Each test pit dug to test the theory that a foundation wall should exist from the large barn that burned in the 1880s … Continue reading →

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Holy guano, preservationists!

Posted on June 18, 2010 by oatlandsva

While we’re digging in the dirt, we can’t forget our Oatlands bats flying through the air.  Here’s the latest:  bat experts have determined that we have a maternal colony of Large Brown Bats.  Capital of Oatlands column…bat roost The bats … Continue reading →

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Oatlands Uncovered

Posted on June 18, 2010 by oatlandsva

Lots of good things are happening at Oatlands.  The dig at the brick bank barn is turning up some things we expected and some things we didn’t expect.  We’re finding walls right where we thought we would, but we’ve also … Continue reading →

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