Contexts at Leiston Abbey

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Short Description:
Mud brick surface
Issued to
Simon Lloyd | 20/09/2016
1850

Interpretation

    • This layer was incredibly compact and had a diffuse layer of mudbriecks (although some on the eastern edge of trench 28 where dense enough to be suggestable as a coherent surface). As such it is possible that the area east of context 28018 was a coherent compact capping surface of feature 28001. This sealed the earlier filling episodes and might have been used either as a firm and level foundation for human activity or to seal the features north of context 28018
      • Ed Caswell
    • 26-9-2016

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Firm
  • Beige White mud brick
  • Mud brick
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  • Length - 2.62m Width - 2m+ Depth -0.16m
  • Where mud bricks are missing the soil is very compact and firm like a possible floor surface
  • Mattocking in mixed weather that changed between being very sunny to rainy

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 5 15 delete error
Shell 1 2 Snail
Shell 2 5 Cockle
Shell 1 6 Oyster

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LA_163902
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    • Trench 28 facing North West
  • Photo: LA_163904
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    • Trench 28 facing South East

Plan

  • Plan: LA_42
    • Plan of trench 28 at end of excavation
    • Ed Caswell
    • 25-9-2016

Samples

  • Sample: LA_91
    • Gerard MacNeill
    • 20-9-2016

Record Details

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