Short Description:
Mid orangey brown soil with chalk inclusions at SW of trench
Issued to
Mark Pickard | 20/08/2019
Interpretation
- No Interpretations
Sketch Photo
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Description
- Compact
- Mid orangey brown
- Silty clay
- Frequent chalk flecks
- Thickness - 0.16m
- Mattocked in sunny conditions
Finds
| Findtype | Quantity (No. fragments) | Weight (g) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone | 1 | 0 | Flint - Naturally broken / unworked (0.2g). (Discarded). (Dr JT Hogue, February 2020). (Year 2019). |
| Animal Bone | 1 | 4 | Tooth. Sheep or goat (Dr Hannah Russ, November 2019). (Year 2019) |
| Ceramic Building Material | 2 | 82 | Tessera. 1 tessera, possibly granite (52g); 1 opus sectile inlay panel (100x50x10mm 30g). (P Mills, February 2020). (Year 2019) |
| Ceramic Building Material | 49 | 777 | Mixed assemblage. Brick/Tile (45pcs=229g), Flue tile (1pc=76g), Imbrex (2pcs=387g) - one with finger lines on upper face, tessera (1pc=15g). (P Mills, February 2020). (Year 2019) |
| Ferrous Object | 2 | 14 | (Year 2019) |
| Flint | 1 | 6 | Blade-like flake (6.3g). Complete. Mesolithic/Early Neolithic. A distinct stepped termination that likely results from the failure propagation of the flake removal. It is wide and has parallel margins, possibly indicating that the original intention was to remove a blade removal. (DR JT Hogue, February 2020).(Year 2019) |
| Other (add to description) | 3 | 2 | Charcoal (Year 2019) |
| Pot | 14 | 95 | A small group of Roman (late 2nd century wares including a colour-coated sherd, handmade sherds and a grey ware including the rim from a bowl. |(IM Rowlandson, February 2020). (Year 2019) |
| Shell | 18 | 77 | Edible Oyster (Dr Hannah Russ, November 2019). (Year 2019) |
| Stone | 2 | 13 | Possibly burnt (Year 2019) |
| Pot | 3 | 11 | Sherds of glazed wares of medieval or post-medieval date. (IM Rowlandson, February 2020). (Year 2019). |
| Human bone | 8 | 17 | Complete right humerus and femur, partial left humerus and femur, basic occipital and left mandible from a neonate. There were no indications of pathological change. (Natasha Powers, January 2020) (Year 2019) |
