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Short Description:
Subsoil
Issued to
Philippa Kergozou | 18/06/2016
110

Interpretation

    • Layer
      • Nigel Steel
    • 18-6-2016
    • Layer
      • Philippa Kergozou
    • 19-6-2016
    • Deposited subsoil layer
      • Raksha Dave
    • 26-7-2016

Sketch Photo

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Description

  • Firm
  • Light brown
  • Sandy silt
  • Charcoal and moderate pebbles
  • Length = 10m Width = 4m Depth = 0.1m (Drg. 10)
  • Good weather
  • Hand by trowel

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 25 31
Clay Tobacco Pipe 5 18
Pot 4 17 Orange-buff type ware (1300>1400 tyneside type) Tin-glazed earthenwarwe (1570>1800), English red earthen ware (1630>1700, Berwick type), Late glazed red earthenware (1700>1900). (Andrew Sage 2017)
Other (add to description) 3 13
Ferrous Object 3 12
Shell 30 70
Ceramic Building Material 1 42
Metal 1 26
Animal Bone 20 Teeth
Animal Bone 2 18 Teeth (Year 2022)
Bone 59 122 Mixed human/animal (Year 2022)
Other (add to description) 4 5 Charcoal (Year 2022)
Other (add to description) 1 21 Fossil (Year 2022)
Stone 27 344 Quartz pebbles. DISCARDED. (Year 2022)
Shell 3 1 (Year 2022)

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_160353
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    • Trench 1 Mid-Excavation shot, facing East.
  • Photo: LDF_160354
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    • Trench 1 Mid-Excavation shot, facing West.
  • Photo: LDF_160537
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    • Trench 1 mid-excavation, facing East
  • Photo: LDF_160538
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    • Trench 1 mid-excavation, facing West

Plan

  • Plan: LDF_1
    • Pre-excavation plan of trench 1.
    • Nigel Steel
    • 18-6-2016

Objects

  • Find: LDF_311
    • Whetstone
    • Stone
  • Find: LDF_399
    • Honing Stone (found by David Lees)

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