Diary 7th April 2008

Raised stone disc to underside of capitol where carved stone paterae were originally fixed
Raised stone disc to underside of capitol where carved
stone paterae were originally fixed

Close up of rusted original iron fixing for carved stone Patera
Close up of rusted original iron fixing for carved stone Patera

Fixing up a specialist diamond drilling rig to remove the old iron fixing bolts
Fixing up a specialist diamond drilling rig to remove
the old iron fixing bolts

Manoeuvring the iron fixing during the diamond drilling process
Manoeuvring the iron fixing during the diamond drilling process

Exposed brass cramp across the back of the south east dragon
Exposed brass cramp across the back of the south east dragon

Clay tile used as packing in a joint of one of the dragons
Clay tile used as packing in a joint of one of the dragons

Iron cramp fixed with lead on the dragons. Note amount of erosion, top of cramp would have originally been level with stone.
Iron cramp fixed with lead on the dragons.
Note amount of erosion, top of cramp would have
originally been level with stone.

Stonemason carefully removing old cement mortar from joints
Stonemason carefully removing old cement mortar from joints

 

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