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Short Description:
Fill of ditch at south end of trench 2
Issued to
Chris Casswell | 18/08/2017
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Interpretation

    • Fill of drainage ditch
      • Chris Casswell
    • 29-8-2017

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Firm
  • Mid brownish grey
  • Clayey silt
  • <5% sub-rounded stones
  • Length – 2.00m Width – 3.00m Thickness – 0.57m
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ferrous Object 10 608
Animal Bone 1 1 Claw
Shell 8 17
Other (add to description) 4 8 Charred
Other (add to description) 2 462 Chalk
Pot
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236 Beverley 2 type ware (7) EC13th-EC14th; Buff-Grey Sandy ware (1) Medieval; Humberware (6 = 2 pieces of same jar rim, 4 body sherds from 4 different holloware items) LC13th-C15th; Humberware type (1) LC13th-C15th; Oxidised Sandy ware (2) C12th-C14th; Splash-glazed Sandy ware (1) C12th-C13th; Staxton/Potter-Brompton (1) E/MC13th-EC14th. (Dr CG Cumberpatch, September 2017)
Animal Bone 32 197 Bone and tooth

Feature

  • Feature: ELM_201
    • Drainage ditch aligned east to west

Site Photos

  • Photo: ELM_176677
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    • Trench 2, pre-ex., looking north, 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176679
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    • Trench 2, pre-ex., looking south, 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176737
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    • East facing section of ditches [2005] and [2007] , looking west, 2m and 1m scales
  • Photo: ELM_176743
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    • East facing section of ditches [2005] and [2007] , looking northwest, 2m and 1m scales

Objects

Record Details

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  • Chris Casswell 18-8-2017
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