Short Description:
Cut of what remains of an in-situ metalworking pit/hearth, heavily truncated by burials
Issued to
Michael Eden | 26/07/2017
Interpretation
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- Pit
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- Chris Casswell
- 28-7-2017
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- Cut of a pit seen in the NW extension of trench 2. This pit has had various different interpretations, the current theory is that it was an anvil pit associated with the metalworking or smithing activity seen in the area. It may be that it is undercut and part of a larger feature, but this seems unlikely now. It appeared to be capped by some sort of lime slaking debris or limestone deposit and then the basal fill was a soft brown clayey silt with evidence of burning (burnt wood/charcoal) within it.
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- Nat Jackson
- 1-10-2020
Sketch Photo
Description
- circular
- NA
- L - 0.67+ W - 0.75+ D - 0.22
- Gradual
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- Concave
- Gradual
- Flat
- Heavily truncated by three burials - F731, F734 and F737
- Interpretation changed as of 2023
Finds
Feature
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Feature: LDF_206
- Partial in-situ remains of a heavily truncated metalworking pit
Site Photos
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Photo: LDF_179837
- West facing section of pit [2040], looking east, 1m scale
Record Details
- Not set
- Michael Eden 26-7-2017
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