Contexts at Elmswell Farm

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Short Description:
Fill around sk4233
Issued to
Nat Jackson | 22/08/2021
1301

Interpretation

    • Silting fill of a possible post hole. It is possible that SK4233 was placed in the bottom of a post hole or a small pit before the post was inserted for the construction of a timber building. Suspected burnt human bone, possibly forming a cremation, was also found here
      • Ben Swain
    • 22-11-2021

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • friable
  • dark orangey brown
  • clayey silt
  • occasional chalk and charcoal flecks
  • L - 0.50 W - 0.42 T - 0.13+
  • Fill immediately around SK4233 that was sampled for small bone recovery
  • Hand Ex/dry and dark

Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: ELM_459
    • Possible post hole or small grave

Samples

  • Sample: ELM_32
    • Nat Jackson
    • 22-8-2021

Record Details

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  • Nat Jackson 22-8-2021
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