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Interesting finds have been dug up from beneath Prisoner's Walk at Castle Cornet, including part of a goblet with the crest of Sir Christopher Hatton - the last Governor of Guernsey to live there.
He left after lightning struck the tower in 1672, causing an enormous explosion. Since then, the Governors of Guernsey have always lived in properties on the 'mainland' of Guernsey.
A fragment of a goblet with his crest on it (pictured top) has been discovered underneath a cobbled path beneath the surface of the Prisoner's Walkway.
A number of other finds over the last weeks, including a canon ball, a shard of glass, a marked piece of slate, some German stoneware, and more, are all currently undated.
Dr Philip de Jersey - the States archaeologist - is leading the work. He says some of the items will date back to the 1500s and earlier.
Some of the finds have already been identified as crockery, glass, stone, and animal bones.
Further research and investigation will determine exactly how old the items are.
Of the items which have been cleaned up so far a couple have intrigued Dr de Jersey. One being a piece of glass with a curved rim on one side. He thinks it is unlikely to be a glass or part of a window, but the glass itself is also too slim to have been used as a larger container.
Pictured: Dr de Jersey hopes this small piece of glass will hold some interesting facts for them.
A fragment of crockery identified as a German pot (from the 16th century), a canon ball, and a smoothed and rounded stone, have also been found, along with a piece of slate with etchings visible on it.
Dr de Jersey said that may prove to be an example of someone counting something or marking off dates.
Pictured: Dr de Jersey shows off a stone which has been etched.
Bags of finds have been recorded so far, with staff separating them in to items definitely of interest and items which may be of interest.
The items which may be of interest have not been cleaned yet, and include stones, animal bones and shells, and other pieces not yet identifiable.
Dr de Jersey said the presence of things like oyster shells and butcher bones will confirm what people ate at the time when they are able to determine when they came from.
Pictured: Dr de Jersey handles a stone which has been smoothed and rounded and a hole has been made through it.
The dig at Castle Cornet is expected to last another couple of weeks.
Dr de Jersey said they have to hand the area back to the museum staff before Easter, which is when Castle Cornet reopens to the public for the summer season.
Their work has been hampered slightly be the recent rainfall but he said they've been undeterred, continuing each day.
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