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Short Description:
Fill of recut Ditch [4012]
Issued to
Brendon Wilkins | 06/07/2013
585

Interpretation

    • Soft moist top fill of moat recut [4012] butted by (4006) & (4001)
      • Kerry Ely
    • 6-7-2013
    • Tertiary deposit of recently recut ditch [4012] likely to have silted post-development of adjacent Guesten Hall.
      • Brendon Wilkins
    • 2-9-2014
    • Dark brown silty clay, soft and damp comprising an active drainage ditch. Tertiary deposit of recently recut ditch [4012] likely to have silted post-development of adjacent Guesten Hall.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

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Description

  • Soft
  • Dark brown
  • silty clay
  • Fragmented chalk and tile
  • width: 1.30 length: 1.90+ depth: 0.52
  • damp fill
  • mattock & trowel very dry sunny

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ceramic Building Material

Feature

  • Feature: LA_401
    • Moat feature with subsequent recuts

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