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Short Description:
Topsoil Deposit
Issued to
Victoria McCarron | 13/07/2015
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Interpretation

    • Deposit indicates that there has been some landscaping and levelling of areas - in and around the monument - possibly initiated by the Ministry of Works. Surface of the deposit shows signs of entrances to rabbit warrens with further signs of networks of burrows later seen during excavation of this deposit.
      • Raksha Dave
    • 27-7-2015

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Friable to Loose
  • Mid to dark grey brown
  • Sandy silt
  • Moderate to small sub-rounded pebbles
  • Length - 2.00m Width - 2.50m Depth - Ranges from 0.20m - 0.05m
  • A generally uneven surface due to several rabbit burrows
  • Spade and shovel/ cloudy

Finds

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Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LA_150004
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    • Trench 14 - Pre-Excavation.
  • Photo: LA_150031
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    • Trench 14 - Pre-Excavation.

Plan

  • Plan: LA_23
    • Multi-context plan of floor surface (14006) and masonry [14008]
    • Raksha Dave
    • 26-7-2015
  • Plan: LA_24
    • Post excavation plan of trench 14
    • Raksha Dave
    • 26-7-2015

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