Today we started by extending the trench 0.5 m to the east. The new dimensions of the trench are 11m E-W x 11.5 m N-S. We continued to trace out the stone circle in the SW corner, but by the end of the day, we still hadn’t come down on any large stones in that quadrant. There have been a few flecks of charcoal in the overburden in the southern part of the trench. There are also a couple of animal burrows (likely suslik) around the perimeter of the kurgan.