Finds from the Chateau de la Hutte Thursday, July 24th, 2014
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As the excavations continue up on the hill, amongst the ruins of the chateau we are getting a mixture of finds; some military and some probably from objects from a more domestic context. Through conservation yesterday was the sole of military boot (British type) with the date 1917 stamped into the insole.
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 British boot sole with 1917 on the insole _
We also had a large, white with blue fleck enamel kettle. This still had soot on the bottom (from the stove) and lime-scale inside. One of the benefits of doing the conservation work in the Plugstreet 14-18 Experience is we get to meet lots of visitors. Yesterday we spoke with a lovely elderly Belgian lady in her 80’s who remembered that her mother had a similar kettle in white enamel with roses on it.
 White enamel kettle _
We have also started to get lots of pieces of embossed sheet metalwork no doubt part of some decorative fixture from the chateau.
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