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Short Description:
Fill of possible pit against eastern trench edge
Issued to
Jacqui Shaw | 19/08/2017
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Interpretation

    • Fill of possible ditch or pit
      • Louise Williamson
    • 20-8-2017

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Firm
  • Very dark yellowish brown
  • Silty clay
  • 5% stone, including flint, chalk and sub-rounded gravel
  • Length – 1.10m Width – 0.40m
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  • Unexcavated

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Flint 1
Pot 7 33 Brandsby-type ware (1) E/MC13th-C14th; Coarse Sandy ware (2 body sherds from same hollow ware vessel) LC13th-EC14th; Reduced Chalky ware (1) LC11th-E/MC12th; Staxton/Potter-Brompton (2 body sherds from same hollow ware vessel) E/MC13th-EC14th; Yorkshire Grittty ware (3 = 2 body sherds from same hollow ware vessel, 1 other body sherd from a different hollow ware vessel) MC11th- M/LC13th. (Dr CG Cumberpatch, September 2017)
Bone 1 18

Feature

  • Feature: ELM_306
    • Possible pit against eastern edge of excavation

Site Photos

  • 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

Plan

  • Plan: ELM_3
    • Post-excavation plan of Trench 3
    • Paul Reed
    • 20-8-2017

Record Details

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  • Jacqui Shaw 19-8-2017
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