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Short Description:
Fill of ditch [11010]
Issued to
John Cooper | 11/07/2014
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Interpretation

    • Fill of ditch 11010
      • James Earley
    • 19-7-2014
    • Fill of ditch [11010]. Filled with firm mid-greyish brown silty clay with occasional charcoal flecks, frequent medium sub-angular stone and sub-rounded stone. Very occasional chalk flecks. Ceramic tiles recovered were dated from 13th-15th Century to early post-medieval period.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

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Description

  • Firm
  • Mid greyish brown
  • silty clay
  • Occ. charcoal fleck, frequent med. sub angular stone and sub rounded stone. V. Occ. chalk fleck
  • 1.14m wide, 4.00+ m long, 0.39m deep
  • Secondary deposit within ditch 11010, numerous finds recovered. 3 sherds of pot (small finds 43, 28, 90) are Late Hedingham type Ware dating to the mid 14th - 15th Century
  • trowel mattock shovel Warm dry

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Bone 36 791
Ceramic Building Material 15991 8 Bags
Copper Alloy Object 2 Small Find 14
Ferrous Object 5 21 2 Bags
Flint 1
Pot 2 28
Shell 4 27
Stone 3 2380 3 Bags
Other (add to description) 5 1 Charcoal Sample 31
Ceramic Building Material 21 57 Sample 21
Ceramic Building Material 61 Sample 31
Ceramic Building Material 24 1332 Glazed Ceramic 5 Bags
Ceramic Building Material 1 144 Small Find 39
Ceramic Building Material 5 439 White Ceramic
Ferrous Object 1 6 Small Find 37
Shell 11 Sample 21
Shell 8 1 Sample 31
Bone 11 17 Sample 21
Bone 12 Sample 31
Pot 1 5 Small Find 34
Pot 1 10 Small Find 28
Pot 1 3 Small Find 90

Feature

  • Feature: LA_1102
    • Large ditch and bank material

Samples

  • Sample: LA_21
    • John Cooper
    • 12-7-2014
  • Sample: LA_31
    • Rita Baker
    • 15-7-2014

Objects

  • Find: LA_14
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    • Cu alloy needle/pin
    • Copper
  • Find: LA_28
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    • Green glazed pottery
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_34
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    • Green glazed pottery
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_37
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    • Fe ring
    • Iron
  • Find: LA_39
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    • Glazed floor tile
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_90
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    • Green glazed pottery
    • Ceramic

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