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Short Description:
Dumping layer
Issued to
Richard Baskeyfield | 25/07/2015
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Interpretation

    • Re-deposited rubbish containing more CBM than organic detritus
      • Nigel Steel
    • 26-7-2015

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Soft
  • Light yellowish brown
  • Sandy silt
  • Stone, charcoal
  • 3m x 2.85m x 0.36m unexcavated 3m x 1.40m x 0.36 m excavated
  • We excavated the Western side of the trench. some of the CBM was heat affected material. Pottery assemblage consists of 1 pc Late Hedingham-type Ware (P327) - mid 14th - 15th C., 1 pc Late Medieval Transitional Ware LMTI (P401) - ca 1400 - 1600 and 1 pc Langerwehe Stoneware (P404) - late 14th - late 15th C.
  • Hand Very wet and windy

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ceramic Building Material 87 6307
Ferrous Object 1
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Pot 3 100 15th C. P327, P 401, P404
Animal Bone 78 3297
Shell 57 493 Oyster & Welk
Flint 1 5

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LA_150683
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    • Trench 21 - Mid-Excavation: showing dark linear feature
  • Photo: LA_150684
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    • Trench 21 - Mid-Excavation: showing dark linear feature
  • Photo: LA_150817
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    • Trench 21 - Mid-Excavation
  • Photo: LA_150818
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    • Trench 21 - Mid-Excavation
  • Photo: LA_151274
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    • Trench 21 - Post-Excavation
  • Photo: LA_151276
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    • Trench 21 - Post-Excavation
  • Photo: LA_151277
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    • Trench 21 - Post-Excavation
  • Photo: LA_151278
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    • Trench 21 - Post-Excavation

Samples

  • Sample: LA_82
    • Nigel Steel
    • 26-7-2015

Objects

  • Find: LA_119
    • Jug Handle
    • Ceramic
  • Find: LA_158
    • Vessel Ceramic

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