Contexts at Lindisfarne

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Short Description:
Fill of charnel pit
Issued to
405

Interpretation

    • Soil fill surrounding human remains
    • 28-7-2017
    • Same as (2018)
      • Chris Casswell
    • 6-9-2018

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Medium
  • Dark brown
  • Sandy silt
  • Frequent bone and sub-angular pebbles 25%
  • length - 1.40 m Width - 0.80 m Depth - 0.20 m
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  • Trowelling and bamboo sticks and plastic modelling tools in sunny conditions

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Human bone
Pot
Human bone 3 130 Jaw with teeth (Year 2017)
Other (add to description) 8 15 White quartz pebbles (Year 2017)
Bone 74 1367 (Year 2017)
Clay Tobacco Pipe 1 4 (Year 2017)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_203
    • Charnel Pit

Plan

  • Plan: LDF_18
    • Post-ex plan of charnel pit. Sheet 4.
    • Rita Baker
    • 18-7-2017

Samples

  • Sample: LDF_25
    • Chris Swindells
    • 18-7-2017

Record Details

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