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Short Description:
Fill of Ditch [6008]
Issued to
Magnus Lewis | 13/09/2019
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Interpretation

    • Looks like the original fill of a ditch that was truncated by later ploughing
      • Karen Milek
    • 14-9-2019
    • E-W aligned ditch truncated by ploughing, originally interpreted as furrow.
      • Josh Hogue
    • 15-9-2019

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Firm
  • 10YR 3/3 dark brown
  • Silty clay loam
  • 10-20% artefacts, including very large pieces of green-glazed ceramics, whole shells, fish bone.
  • Length - 0.75 m Width - 0.46 m Thickness - 0.16 m
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  • Hand excavated

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 8 4 Some fish bones (Year 2019)
Pot 5 184 (Year 2019)
Other (add to description) 3 13 Charcoal (Year 2019)
Shell 5 19 Limpet (Year 2019)
Shell 2 4 Whelk (Year 2019)
Shell 60 38 Mussel (Year 2019)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_601
    • E-W aligned ditch and associated fill

Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_193666
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    • Trench 6, Glebe Field, west-facing section of ditch [6008], looking north, 1 m and 0.4 m scales

Record Details

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  • Magnus Lewis 13-9-2019
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