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Short Description:
Fill of pit [19013]
Issued to
Matthew Juddery | 25/07/2015
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Interpretation

    • Fill of post-medieval rubbish pit on the outside of the building.
      • Matthew Juddery
    • 26-7-2015

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Description

  • Soft
  • Dark greenish brown
  • sandy silt
  • Occasional (2%) flacks of chalk and CBM.
  • Length - 0.90m+ Width - 0.28m+ Depth - 0.15m+
  • c. 0.5m slot placed through pit [19013]. Similar finds (pot) from trench 9 from 2014. Pottery assemblage consists of 6 pcs LMTII/III (P402/3) - ca 1400 - 1600, 1 pc Langerwehe Stoneware (P404) - late 14th - late 15th C., 2 pcs Raeren/Aachen Stoneware (P405) - late 15th - mid 16th C., 1 pc Frechen/Cologne Stoneware (P407) - mid 16th - 17th C., 1 pc Midlands Blackware (P411) - mid 16th - 17th C. and 1pc Glazed Red Earthenware (P425) 16th - 19th C.
  • Mattock, trowel, shovel. - variable conditions - sunny to wet.

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ceramic Building Material 24 2260
Ferrous Object 3 30
Pot 16 182 P402/3/4/5/7/11/25 - M16th C.
Glass 1 4 poss old, in water
Animal Bone 8 359

Feature

  • Feature: LA_1901
    • Post-medieval rubbish pit

Samples

  • Sample: LA_78
    • Anna Roik
    • 26-7-2015

Objects

  • Find: LA_118
    • Glass
    • Glass

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