- Trench 3
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- Trench 3 was hand dug trench with dimensions of 4m x 4m, situated slightly downslope to the south of the mound to target a geophysical anomaly in the area of the former UCLAN trench and metal detector finds. A third of the area was covered by the deposition of cremation interment in the mound F303. It comprised a lens of mid reddish brown sandy silt with inclusions of moderately occurring small subangular and sub-rounded stones, a Bronze Age pot fragment, worked lithic tools and burnt stone fragments. Within the trench a Bronze Age pit F304 was found comprising a circular cut with shallow sides and a gradual break of slope to the concave base that was heat affected and exhibited charcoal staining. A second pit feature F302 cut into the Bronze Age layer defined by a circular cut with rounded corners, steep sides and a sharp break of slope to the base. This was the most significant feature in the trench, containing an inverted cremation urn. The urn was lifted as a whole and subsequently wrapped in gauze and cling film to ensure its integrity. It was then x-rayed and excavated under controlled conditions at the Lancashire Conservation Studios. The edge of the UCLAN evaluation trench was located in the northwest corner of the trench. The previous excavation revealed a finds rich feature, likely to be a cremation pit. Re-excavation of the trench revealed a natural tree throw under the corner of the previous trench F301. It consisted of a shallow sub-angular cut into the Bronze Age layer (3004), with rounded corners, steep sides, a sharp slope and flat base. The angular nature of the cut suggests that it was a natural tree throw underneath the re-deposited material from the UCLAN trench. The probable cremation pit was originally at the north east end of the UCLAN trench and therefore located beyond the extent of the current excavation trench.
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Plan
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Features
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Context: BLS_3001
- Topsoil
- Brendon Wilkins
- 7-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3002
- Sub soil filled with stony surface
- Alan Hatton-Yeo
- 8-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3003
- Spread of material within trench 3, possibly truncated to northern edge where uclan trench was. Area of cremated bone towards north east edge (see plan). Lens of material on top of 3004.
- Sam Walsh
- 12-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3004
- Bronze age layer below cremation
- Stuart Noon
- 12-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3005
- Cut of pit with inverted urn
- Sam Walsh
- 14-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3006
- Fill of 3005
- Sam Walsh
- 14-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3007
- Cut of pit
- Lisa Wilkins
- 16-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3008
- Fill of pit
- Lisa Wilkins
- 16-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3009
- Cut of 3010
- Brendon Wilkins
- 17-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3010
- Fill of 3009
- Brendon Wilkins
- 17-7-2016
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Context: BLS_3011
- Fabric of early Bronze Age funerary urn
- Maiya Pina-Dacier
- 3-10-2016
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Context: BLS_3012
- Natural of trench 3, still attached to funerary urn
- Maiya Pina-Dacier
- 3-10-2016
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Context: BLS_3013
- Lens containing organic material within (3012)
- Maiya Pina-Dacier
- 3-10-2016
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Context: BLS_3014
- Clay cap of funerary urn
- Maiya Pina-Dacier
- 3-10-2016
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Context: BLS_3015
- Fill of urn
- Maiya Pina-Dacier
- 3-10-2016
- Hugh Fiske 9-7-2016