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Short Description:
Back fill layer, fill of [9017]
Issued to
Sian Williams | 16/07/2014
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Interpretation

    • Fill of post-medieval pit [9017]
      • Matthew Juddery
    • 22-7-2014
    • Layer of backfill filling [9017]. Filled with soft to firm mid black-brown clayey silt with occasional sub-angular chalk clast inclusions. Fragments of floor and roof tile dating to Medieval and early post-medieval periods were recovered.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Varies soft to firm
  • Mid black-brown
  • Clayey silt
  • Occasional sub-angular chalk clasts
  • 1.63+ x 0.80+ x n/a
  • Partially excavated, with several finds collected from exposed deposit Pottery: 5 pieces of Late Medieval Transitional Ware LMTII (P402) - ca. 1400 - 1600, 1 piece of Langerwehe Stoneware (P404) - Late 14th - late 15th Century
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ceramic Building Material 1111 2 Bags
Metal 5 30
Pot 6 394 L15thC P402, P404
Bone 7 95
Shell 6 19
Pot 1 9 Small find 76

Feature

  • Feature: LA_902
    • Post-medieval pit (unexcavated)

Site Photos

  • Photo: LA_7994
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    • Trench 9 - pot sherds in situ

Plan

  • Plan: LA_4
    • Multi-context post-ex plan of trench 9 drawn at 1:20
    • Matthew Juddery
    • 22-7-2014

Objects

  • Find: LA_76
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    • Partial pot
    • Ceramic

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