Trenches at Barrowed Time

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  • Trench 1 was a hand dug test trench with a north-south orientation. It initially measured 2m x 35m, and was later widened above the southern part of the enclosing ring cairn F101. The trench was located across the top of a Bronze Age burial mound, positioned to target a metal detector find spot and associated geophysical anomaly, and intersected with Trench 2 in a cruciform pattern. It was additionally designed to assess a probable modern linear feature to the north of the barrow and to characterise and date the anomaly. Excavation confirmed this to be a Post-Medieval field boundary – with well stratified pottery found in the deposit overlying the bank. Additionally, parts of a Bronze Age ring cairn enclosing the upper contour of the hill, were found in the southern part of the trench. The trench was expanded by 2m x 3m in the southern part of the trench in order to investigate further remains of the ring cairn, identifying a curving return joining up with a similar deposit in the east of Trench 2. The northern part of the cairn has potentially been damaged by later ploughing.

3-D Models

Plan

  • Plan: BLS_1
    • Multi-context plan of trench 2 centre
    • Brendon Wilkins
    • 30-6-2016
  • Plan: BLS_4
    • Multi context plan of trench 1 north
    • Nigel Steel
    • 17-7-2016
  • Plan: BLS_6
    • Multi context plan of Trench 1 north
    • Brendon Wilkins
    • 17-7-2016
  • Plan: BLS_8
    • Multi context plan of Trench 2 West - 2 parts
    • Nigel Steel
    • 17-7-2016
  • Plan: BLS_9
    • Plan of extention in trench 1 south
    • Nigel Steel
    • 17-7-2016

Section

  • Section: BLS_2
    • West-facing section of northern end of Trench 1
    • Maiya Pina-Dacier
    • 15-7-2016
  • Section: BLS_3
    • East facing section of trench 1 (north)
    • Surbhi Bhambri
    • 15-7-2016
  • Section: BLS_8
    • Post ex section of trench 1 north
    • Nigel Steel
    • 17-7-2016

Features

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Contexts

  • Context: BLS_1001
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    • Topsoil
    • Brendon Wilkins
    • 30-6-2016
  • Context: BLS_1002
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    • Subsoil
    • Susan Dole
    • 8-7-2016
  • Context: BLS_1003
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    • Deposit overlying postmedieval bank
    • Anna Roik
    • 14-7-2016
  • Context: BLS_1004
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    • Linear bank
    • Rita Baker
    • 14-7-2016
  • Context: BLS_1005
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    • Base of bank
    • Rita Baker
    • 16-7-2016
  • Context: BLS_1006
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    • Southern part of Bronze Age ring cairn
    • Surbhi Bhambri
    • 16-7-2016
  • Context: BLS_1007
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    • Layer below subsoil
    • Caroline Lund
    • 16-7-2016
  • Context: BLS_1008
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    • Natural
    • Anna Roik
    • 16-7-2016
  • Context: BLS_1009
    • Buried soil beneath southern part of Bronze Age ring cairn
    • Brendon Wilkins
    • 22-9-2016
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