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Short Description:
Backfill - fill of post-medieval midden pit [9014]
Issued to
Kezia Evans | 16/07/2014
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Interpretation

    • Fill of post-medieval midden pit
      • Matthew Juddery
    • 22-7-2014
    • Layer of backfill filling post-medieval midden pit [9014]. Filled with firm dark black-brown clayey silt with moderate to small sub-angular chalk clast inclusions.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

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Description

  • Firm
  • Dark black brown
  • Clay silt
  • Moderate small sub-angular chalk clasts
  • 0.80 x 1.40 x n/a
  • Not fully excavated Finds: CBM - Quantity: 12. Weight: 448g. Pottery - Quantity: 4. Weight: 104g: 2 pieces of Late Headingham type ware (P327) - mid 14th - 15th Century, 2 pieces of Late Medieval Transitional Ware LMTII (P402) - ca. 1400 - 1600 Bone - Quantity: 5. Weight: 65g. Shell - Quantity: 5. Weight: 40g. Fe - Quantity: 3. Weight: 55g.
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ceramic Building Material 12 448
Pot 4 101 15thC P327, P402
Bone 5 65
Ferrous Object 3 55
Shell 5 40

Feature

  • Feature: LA_903
    • Unexcavated pit - probably post-medieval

Plan

  • Plan: LA_4
    • Multi-context post-ex plan of trench 9 drawn at 1:20
    • Matthew Juddery
    • 22-7-2014

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