Short Description:
Fill of ditch feature, the bottom was not reached as the water table was too high.It is possible that this layer represents the fill of a large feature, from at least one of those identified from the geophysical survey or it could just be a colluvial surface on which the animal bone was deposited..
Issued to
DigVentures | 01/10/2017
Interpretation
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- Fill of ditch feature. Bottom not reached but water table is too high to continue
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- DigVentures
- 19-6-2018
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- This deposit was defined as a ditch fill that was unexcavated as the water table hit was too high leading to trench seepage
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- Brendon Wilkins
- 9-11-2018
Sketch Photo
- No Files Attached
Description
- Moderly firm
- Mid grey ish brown
- Silty clay
- Occasional small pebbles and one large stone boulder
- Length - 1.00m Width - 1.00m Depth - 0.15m
- Large quantity of animal bone, water table hit, trench seepage.
- Mattock, dry and sunny
Finds
| Findtype | Quantity (No. fragments) | Weight (g) | Notes |
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| Animal Bone | 100 | 1150 | Mixed assemblage of Equid, cattle, large and small ungulates. pig, sheep/goat, Roe Deer, and both large and small unclassified mammals. (Dr Hannah Russ, December 2018) |
| Animal Bone | 19 | 423 | teeth |
| Other (add to description) | 1 | 3 | mortar |
| Stone | 2 | 14 | quartz pebble |
| Animal Bone | 12 | 176 | Mixed assemblage of Equid, cattle, large and small ungulates. pig, sheep/goat, Roe Deer, and both large and small unclassified mammals. (Dr Hannah Russ, December 2018) |
Feature
- No records attached.
Plan
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Plan: COL18_3
- Plan of test pit 3
- DigVentures
- 1-10-2017
Record Details
- Not set
- DigVentures 1-10-2017
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