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Short Description:
Bank material
Issued to
Stephen Humphries | 21/09/2017
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Interpretation

    • Bank
      • Allison Casaly
    • 21-9-2017
    • Part of the ring cairn - dispersed towards the South - West of the trench down the slope
      • Johanna Ungemach
    • 25-9-2017

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Firm
  • Light brown
  • Mostly clay silt
  • Sub angular Stones and cobbles, ranging from 5cm to 30cm, poorly sorted, 50%
  • Wide: 4.00m Length: extends beyond south, west trench edge Depth: unexcavated
  • Spread of stoney bank material, c 4m around southern and western edge of trench
  • Troweled , overcast light rain

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Pot 11 49
Clay Tobacco Pipe 10 15 1 bowl
Glass 3 3
Stone 5 3 Quartz
Other (add to description) 1 4 Plastic
Ceramic Building Material 1 85
Stone 1 44 Lithic pieces

Feature

  • Feature: BLS_607
    • Material of southwestern part of Bronze Age ring cairn

Site Photos

  • Photo: BLS_177232
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    • East facing post excavation photo of Trench 6
  • Photo: BLS_177245
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    • west facing post excavation photo of Trench 6
  • Photo: BLS_177246
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    • west facing post excavation photo of Trench 6
  • Photo: BLS_177249
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    • west facing post excavation photo of Trench 6

Plan

  • Plan: BLS_16
    • Plan of BLS_602
    • Ed Caswell
    • 26-9-2017

Objects

  • Find: BLS_147
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    • Abraded and worked lithic possibly a core
    • Flint
  • Find: BLS_148
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    • Chert
    • Stone
  • Find: BLS_174
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    • Prehistoric probable vitrified pot fragment, very abraded, slightly oxidised
    • Ceramic

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