Short Description:
Floor surface or causeway/ ditch backfill of cut [26009]
Issued to
Lisa Westcott Wilkins | 15/09/2016
Interpretation
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- Makeup for a floor surface possibly a corridor
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- Raksha Dave
- 18-9-2016
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- Internal pathway or corridor running SE-NW. Upper surfaces are robbed away so no tile or surface in situ but rather a makeup surface beaten down with gravel and chalk render
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- Raksha Dave
- 23-9-2016
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- Excavation of surface within sondage showed that remainder of the drainage ditch cut [26004] was backfilled by the gravel surface to create a causeway. Utilising an existing feature in the landscape and backfilling for another land-use.
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- Raksha Dave
- 26-9-2016
Sketch Photo
Description
- Firm to moderate
- Mid grey brown mottled with white
- Sandy silt with chalk
- Small sub rounded pebbles, Flint cobbles, cbm frags, shell frags
- Length - 3.60m Width- 2.00m Depth- 0.52m
- Mattock and shovel in dry and hot weather!
Finds
| Findtype | Quantity (No. fragments) | Weight (g) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Bone | 1 | 3 | |
| Ceramic Building Material | 6 | 855 | Tile |
| Shell | 1 | 23 | Oyster |
| Ceramic Building Material | 58 | 4000 | Tile (discarded) |
Feature
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Feature: LA_2601
- Drainage ditch and bank which was later adapted into a causeway. The ditch is one of the latest phases on site that truncates earlier deposits in trench 26 including the demolition phase of the abbey.
Site Photos
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Photo: LA_163410
- Trench 26 mid-excavation, facing West
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Photo: LA_163411
- Trench 26 mid-excavation, facing East
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Photo: LA_163728
- Trench 26 demolition layer, facing South East
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Photo: LA_163729
- Trench 26 demolition layer, facing South West
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Photo: LA_163730
- Trench 26 demolition layer, facing North
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Photo: LA_163731
- Trench 26 demolition layer, facing South West
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Photo: LA_163732
- Trench 26 demolition layer, facing South East
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Photo: LA_163733
- Trench 26 demolition layer, facing North
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Photo: LA_163734
- Trench 26 demolition layer, facing South East
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Photo: LA_163735
- Trench 26, facing West
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Photo: LA_163736
- Trench 26, facing South
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Photo: LA_163992
- Trench 26 facing North
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Photo: LA_163993
- Trench 26 facing South
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Photo: LA_163994
- Trench 26 facing East
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Photo: LA_163995
- Trench 26 facing West
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Photo: LA_164012
- Trench 26 facing North
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Photo: LA_164013
- Trench 26 facing South
Plan
Record Details
- Lisa Westcott Wilkins 15-9-2016
- 25-9-2016