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Short Description:
Upper silting fill of pit [4180]
Issued to
Nat Jackson | 15/08/2021
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Interpretation

    • Upper silting fill of a pit that is part of a cluster of roman rubbish pits in the SW corner of trench 4
      • Ben Swain
    • 16-11-2021

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Moderately compact
  • Dark reddish brown
  • silty clay
  • 15-20% inclusions of chalk flecks and small fragments
  • L - 1.37 W - 1.25+ T - 0.25
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  • Hand Ex/dry

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Shell 3 1 (Year 2021)
Animal Bone 10 23 1 tooth. (Year 2021)
Pot 23 379 1 small blackware fragment with decoration; 1 piece decorated Samian. (Year 2021)
Ceramic Building Material 9 49 (Year 2021)
Daub 32 421 (Year 2021)
Flint 8 23 (Year 2021)
Ferrous Object 1 2 (Year 2021)
Other (add to description) 2 1 Charcoal (Year 2021)

Feature

  • Feature: ELM_451
    • Likely Roman Rubbish Pit ion SW corner of trench 4

Objects

  • Find: ELM_151
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    • Coin (Dupondius of Domitian AD83)
    • Copper Alloy
  • Find: ELM_156
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    • Small Roman coin
    • Silver

Record Details

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  • Nat Jackson 15-8-2021
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