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Short Description:
Fill of pit in trench 4 east geoarch
Issued to
Raphael Kahlenberg | 17/08/2021
1268

Interpretation

    • Basal silting fill of a pit
      • Ben Swain
    • 21-8-2021
    • Washed in - (redisposited) alluvium? Layer below was identified as in situ glacial gravel. Could also be collovial fill (multiple episodes) from eroding steep walls of pit.
      • Raphael Kahlenberg
    • 22-8-2021

Sketch Photo

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Description

  • Very compacted
  • Mid Reddish brown
  • Silty clay
  • <5% inclusions of small chalk/limestone pieces and flecks
  • Length - 1.20m Width - 0.40m Thickness - 0.18m
  • Thin layer of medium sized gravels on upper boundary
  • Hand Ex/dry, part of micromorphology sample ELM_25

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ceramic Building Material

Feature

  • Feature: ELM_468
    • Pit in eastern end of trench 4 (Geoarch trench) protruding from southern LOE

Samples

  • Sample: ELM_25
    • Raphael Kahlenberg
    • 20-8-2021
  • Sample: ELM_26
    • Ben Swain
    • 22-8-2021

Record Details

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  • Raphael Kahlenberg 17-8-2021
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