Contexts at Elmswell Farm

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Short Description:
Topsoil
Issued to
Chris Brown | 16/08/2017
43

Interpretation

    • Ploughsoil
      • Chris Casswell
    • 29-8-2017

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • Friable
  • Dark greyish brown
  • Sandy silt
  • <10% flint and <10% chalk
  • Length – 10.00m Width – 2.00m Depth – 0.30m
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  • Machine and hand excavated

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 18 260
Shell 2 9
Ceramic Building Material 1 14
Pot 18 419 Beverley 1 type ware (1) E/MC12th-EC13th; Brandsby-type ware (1) E/MC13th-C14th; Buff Sandy ware (1) LC11th-LC13th; Humberware 6 = 2 body sherd and handle from same jug, 2 body sherds from a hollow ware item, 2 pieces of rim from a jug) LC13th-C15th; Scarborough 1 ware (1) LC13th-C14th; Staxton/Potter-Brompton (4) E/MC13th-EC14th; Staxton/Potter-Brompton type (2) E/MC13th-EC14th. (Dr CG Cumberpatch, September 2017)
Ferrous Object 4 191
Other (add to description) 1 2 Charred

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: ELM_176686
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    • Trench 3, pre-ex., looking south, 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176688
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    • Trench 3, pre-ex., looking north, 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176710
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    • Stone layer (3002), looking west, 2m scale
  • Photo: ELM_176720
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    • East facing section of ditches [3003] and [3017] , looking west, 2m and 0.4m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176722
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    • East facing section of ditches [3009] and [3013] , looking west, 2m and 0.4m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176754
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    • Trench 3, post-ex., looking south, 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176758
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    • Trench 3, post-ex., looking north, 1m scales

Record Details

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  • Chris Brown 16-8-2017
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