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Short Description:
Fill of [10016] - post hole fill
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Ben Bazeley | 12/07/2014
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Interpretation

    • A post hole with a possible link to two other post hole [10013] and [10007]
      • Tara Schug
    • 13-7-2014
    • Fill of posthole [10016]. Filled with hard, dark brown silty clay with small pebbles and flint pieces.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

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Description

  • Hard
  • Dark brown
  • Silty clay
  • Small pebbles and pieces of Flint
  • North South 0.36m East west 0.20m Depth 0.28m Reexcavated to remove more of same context - Width: 0.24m Length: 0.37m Depth: 0.39m
  • Not fully excavated on 1st attempt. More of 10017 removed to expose rest of post hole. Finds: CBM (Sample no. 25) - Quantity: 17. Weight: 36g. CBM (Sample no. 27) (2 bags) - Quantity: 49. Weight: 67g. Bone - Quantity: 1. Weight: 18g. Bone (Sample 25) - Quantity: 5. Weight: 10g. Bone (Sample 27) (2 bags) - Quantity: 11. Weight: 34g. Seeds (Sample 25) - Quantity: 7. Weight: <1g. Seeds (Sample 27) (2 bags) - Quantity: 10. Weight: 1g. Charcoal (Sample 27) - Quantity: 4. Weight: 1g.
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ceramic Building Material 17 36 Sample 25
Animal Bone 1 18
Ferrous Object
Other (add to description) 17 Seeds Sample 25 and Sample 27
Ceramic Building Material 49 67 2 Bags Small Find 25
Bone 5 10 Sample 25
Other (add to description) 4 1 Charcoal Sample 27
Flint SS37. 1 burnt unworked flint

Feature

  • Feature: LA_1004
    • Posthole

Samples

  • Sample: LA_25
    • Ben Bazeley
    • 12-7-2014

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