Contexts at Elmswell Farm

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Short Description:
Layer adjacent to wall feature, west end of trench 1
Issued to
Steve Manus | 18/08/2017
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Interpretation

    • Subsoil
      • Chris Casswell
    • 29-8-2017

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • Friable
  • Mid brownish grey
  • Silty clay
  • <5% flint and <5% chalk
  • Length – 1.45m Width – 2.00m Thickness – 0.29m
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  • Hand excavated

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Pot 10 116 Beverley 1 ware (1) rim and spout E/MC12th-EC13th; Coarse Sandy ware (2) LC13th-EC14th; Reduced Chalky ware (1) LC11th-E/MC12th; Staxton/Potter-Brompton (6 = 3 pieces of same bowl rim, 3 body sherds from 3 hollow ware items) E/MC13th-EC14th. (Dr CG Cumberpatch, September 2017)
Animal Bone 7 129
Ceramic Building Material 2 17
Slag 1 128

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

Plan

  • Plan: ELM_1
    • Post-excavation plan of Trench 1
    • Charlotte Vanderwalk
    • 20-8-2017

Objects

  • Find: ELM_64
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    • Rim from a Roman Dales greyware type jar dated to 3rd century AD. (Doug’s pot no. 2)
    • Ceramic

Record Details

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  • Steve Manus 18-8-2017
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