Contexts at Leiston Abbey

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Short Description:
Deposit earthwork
Issued to
Joan Sutherland | 06/07/2013
547

Interpretation

    • Bank overfill overlying (1014). 20L dry sieved, piece of orange brick found (Roman?)
      • Joan Sutherland
    • 6-7-2013
    • Unlikely to be Roman Brick
      • Brendon Wilkins
    • 11-7-2013
    • Light reddish brown fine medium silt. Shallow, localised deposit forming western edge of bank.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

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Description

  • Loose
  • Light reddish brown
  • Fine medium silt
  • Very rare inclusions of flint, mainly entering from the layer below
  • Width: 0.40 Length: 4.00+ Depth: 0.20
  • Shallow, localised deposit forming western edge of bank.
  • Hot, sunny, drying and compacting rapidly

Finds

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

Feature

  • Feature: LA_108
    • Bank feature

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