Contexts at Elmswell Farm

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Short Description:
Topsoil
Issued to
Gill Haynes | 15/08/2017
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Interpretation

    • Ploughsoil
      • Chris Casswell
    • 29-8-2017

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • Loose
  • Dark greyish brown
  • Sandy silt
  • <10% flint and <10% chalk
  • Length – 10.00m Width – 2.00m Thickness – 0.32m
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  • Machine excavated

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ferrous Object 6 203 2 horse shoes, 4 nails
Animal Bone 5 88
Flint 2 31
Pot 3 44 Beverley type ware (1) C12th-C13th; Humberware (1) LC13th-C15th; Reduced Chalky ware (1) LC11th-E/MC12th. (Dr CG Cumberpatch, September 2017)
Ceramic Building Material 5 1324
Animal Bone 4 Bone and tooth (2017)
Animal Bone

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: ELM_176682
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    • Trench 1, pre-ex., looking east, 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176684
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    • Trench 1, pre-ex., looking west, 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176745
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    • Trench 1, post-ex., looking east, 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176746
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    • Trench 1, post-ex., looking west, 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176751
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    • West facing section of ditch [1003], looking east, 1m scale

Record Details

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  • Gill Haynes 15-8-2017
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