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Short Description:
Pink sand stone fill of [2133]
Issued to
Chris Swindells | 13/09/2019
895

Interpretation

    • Main upper fill of F217, the same as (2165). It was a fairly homogenous fill of pinkish sandstone cobbles held together with a clayey silt matrix. The fill extends throughout the feature, and is under (2167)(2084). It was probably used to backfill the circular feature and level it off before the ground was consecrated and used a cemetery.
      • Nat Jackson
    • 1-10-2020

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • Very loose
  • Mid brownish pink with lenses of mid brown silt
  • Degraded sandstone with lenses of silt
  • Occasional rubble stones becoming more frequent towards base
  • Thickness - 0.30
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  • Trowelled in rain and sun

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Shell 1 2 Cockle (Year 2019)
Shell 2 77 Oyster (Year 2019)
Human bone 1 6 (Year 2020)
Animal Bone 70 Not yet weighed. Some burnt. (Year 2022)
Bone 10 54 Mixed human/animal, some burnt. (Year 2022)
Other (add to description) 6 7 Charcoal. (Year 2022)
Stone 4 36 Quartz pebbles. DISCARDED. (Year 2022)
Shell 75 Cockle (n30); Limpet (n4); Oyster (n23); Winkle (n18). (Year 2022)
Shell 34 434 Not identified. (Year 2022)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_217
    • Large Norman Limekiln pit in the northern area of TR2(W)

Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_192673
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    • Section of (2132). W facing. 0.4m scale

Record Details

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  • Chris Swindells 13-9-2019
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