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Short Description:
Side course of drain
Issued to
Matthew Juddery | 18/07/2014
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Interpretation

    • Side course of a reconstructed drain by the ministry of works after excavations in the 1980s.
      • Matthew Juddery
    • 23-7-2014
    • Side course of a reconstructed drain. Materials are flint nodules and occasional brick of variable size - 0.10 x 0.07m. Stones are whole and roughly faced, randomly uncoursed and bonded with concrete (mid brown-grey sand and occasional small rounded pebble). Faces E-W
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

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Description

  • Flint nodules and occasional brick
  • variable - 100mm x 70mm
  • whole and roughly faced
  • random uncoursed
  • side course of reconstructed drain
  • e-w
  • concrete - mid brown grey, sand, occasional small rounded pebble
  • 0.36x3.22x0.25m
  • Reconstructed side course of drain - appears that original flints were used in the construction. Apart of F8001

Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: LA_801
    • Reconstructed drain

Plan

  • Plan: LA_5
    • Pre-ex plan of trench 8 drawn at 1:20
    • Matthew Juddery
    • 22-7-2014

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