diggings

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
diggings/ˈdɪɡɪŋz/

▶plural noun

• 1 a site such as a mine or goldfield that has been excavated.

  ■ material that has been dug from the ground.

• 2 Brit. informal, dated lodgings. [prob. referring to the land where a farmer digs (works) and, by extension, lives.]