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The moats around the mansion of Ringenum at Delfzijl (province of Groningen). The digging of a trench for a sewage pipe along part of the Rijksweg road in Delfzijl was archaeologically supervised. The remains of a large 16th century house surrounded by moats were known to be situated near the Rijksweg. The trench was going to cut across this site and hit one of the moats. This moat turned out to have been filled in as recently as 1960. The depth of the moat was two metres. Close to the Damsterdiep canal, another moat was visible in crosssection. Here the fill contained not only recent material but also 17th-century glass and old bricks.

Archaeological research at the Nicolaïkerk in Appingedam (province of Groningen). Archaeological research was conducted around the Nicolaïkerk in Appingedam in 2007. This church was first built in the 13th century, and rebuilt several times since. A western tower was demolished in the 16th century. The archaeological investigation revealed no traces of this western tower. The soil layers were not intact: only the lower part of the burials were in situ. The layers with building debris and the lower parts of the coffins were also encountered during an earlier archaeological project immediately north of the church in 2006. Besides skeletal remains, the finds consisted mainly of coffin parts (such as nails and handles) and building materials.

An interesting find turned up during the excavation of the terp of Englum, province of Groningen. It is a mount for attaching a sword scabbard to a helt. The decoration on the mount is Anglo-Saxon.

A die for making a cross-hatched pattern on gold foil was found during excavations on a dwelling mound at Wijnaldum, Friesland. The die has been analysed at the Ancient Monuments Labaratory of English Heritage and at the Department of Scientific Research of The British Museum, Lon­don. The XRF and SEM analyses show that the die is made of a leaded bronze. SEM photos show the irregularities in the pattern.

A project has started to document all medieval metal and metal-working finds from the dwelling mounds in the province of Groningen. lt aims to conclude the finds both from the collections of amateur archaeologists and museums, and from university excavations.