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Short Description:
fill of eastern trackway ditch [6005]
Issued to
Melissa McDonald | 21/06/2018
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Interpretation

    • Fill of ditch
      • Mary Robertson
    • 23-6-2018
    • 6003 and 6002 fill events may have been simultaneous. If that is the case the western cut was partly filled , wheras the eastern cut was clear ( better maintained?)
      • Johan du Preez
    • 1-7-2018
    • It is more likely that this is the fill of a drainage ditch and not contemporaneous with 6002
      • Brendon Wilkins
    • 12-11-2018
    • Primary fill of ditch
      • Brendon Wilkins
    • 12-11-2018

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Medium
  • Dark brown
  • Clayey silt
  • 15% sub-angular poorly sorted stones. Occasional flecks of charcoal.
  • Length - 1.05 Width - 1.27 Depth - 0.45
  • Test pit goes though ditch
  • Mattocking and troweling in sunny conditions

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 9 248 2018 - material not examined (Dr Hannah Russ, December 2018)

Feature

  • Feature: COL18_601
    • Northwest-southeast aligned ditch (same as F101)

Site Photos

  • Photo: COL18_180731
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    • Southeast-facing section of ditch F601, looking northwest, 1m scale

Plan

  • Plan: COL18_7
    • Post ex plan of trench 6
    • Ruth McTighe
    • 1-7-2018

Samples

  • Sample: COL18_3
    • Mary Robertson
    • 22-6-2018

Record Details

  • Not set
  • Melissa McDonald 21-6-2018
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