Contexts at Leiston Abbey

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Short Description:
Bank deposit
Issued to
Anna Roik | 10/07/2014
662

Interpretation

    • Some CBM fragments from this context are mortared (most likely the earlier tiles), suggesting they may have been broken and re-sued in the abbey's reconstruction in the mid to late fourteenth century (Rebekah Pressler, CBM Report)
      • Rita Baker
    • 30-10-2015

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

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  • 2.37 x 4.00+ x 0.27+
  • Bank deposit - numerous finds recovered. Pottery finds are: 2 pieces of Late Medieval Transitional Ware LMTII (P402) - ca 1400 - 1600, 1 piece of Low Countries Redware (P406) - 15th - 17th Century and 1 piece of Glazed Red Earthenware (P425) - 16th - 19th Century
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ceramic Building Material 2300
Copper Alloy Object 1 4 Small Find 45
Bone 38 401
Stone 1 1924 Limestone
Ferrous Object 2 140 Small find 8 and Small find 48
Glass 1 1 Small Find 7
Pot 2 29
Shell 26 119
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Clay Tobacco Pipe 1 6
Clay Tobacco Pipe 4 28 Small Find 47
Pot 4 19 Small Find 5
Pot 1 3 Small Find 4
Pot 1 4 Small Find 6
Ceramic Building Material 3 590 Yellow Ceramic
Ceramic Building Material 10 1727 Glazed Ceramic

Feature

  • Feature: LA_1005
    • Drainage ditch

Plan

  • Plan: LA_3
    • Multi-context plan of trench 10. Comprises of 3 sheets and drawn at 1:20
    • Raksha Dave
    • 20-7-2014

Objects

  • Find: LA_4
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    • Glazed pottery shred. Possibly green glaze.
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_5
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    • Glazed pottery
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_6
    • Green glazed pottery
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_7
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    • Glass frag.
    • Glass
  • Find: LA_8
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    • Fe horse fitting
    • Iron
  • Find: LA_15
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    • Post med glazed pot
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_16
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    • Glazed tile
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_45
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    • Copper alloy strip.
    • Copper
  • Find: LA_47
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    • Four fragments of clay pipe bowl and stem, from two pipes
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_48
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    • Fe obj.
    • Iron

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