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Short Description:
Rubble spread at south end of Western part of trench below (2002)
Issued to
Ruby Hardy | 25/07/2017
551

Interpretation

    • Demolition/abandonment debris
      • Chris Casswell
    • 28-7-2017

Sketch Photo

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Description

  • Firm
  • Orange brown
  • Sandy silt
  • Sub-angular stones 10%
  • Length - 4.00 m Width - 9.00 m Depth - 0.30 m
  • Small finds 2020: 179 and 180 179 Ferrous object Nail x1 16g "59mm long, shaft of nail width varies between 7.5 and 16mm wide Head of nail: 16mm x 16mm wide very corroded, orangey-brown" 180 Ferrous object Nail x1 8g 47mm long, shaft of nail width varies between 6 nd 14mm wide, head of nail 20mm x 19mm wide, very corroded, orangey-brown
  • Trowelling and mattocking in varied conditions

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Bone 37 235 Human/animal (Year 2017)
Other (add to description) 31 381 White quartz pebbles (Year 2017)
Clay Tobacco Pipe 1 4 (Year 2017)
Bone 8 18 Teeth (Year 2018)
Bone 86 732 (Year 2018)
Bone 143 291 Not defined (Year 2018)
Daub 3 16 Daub (Year 2018)
Other (add to description) 7 12 Charcoal (Year 2018)
Other (add to description) 1 5 Unknown (Year 2018)
Pot 4 23 Pottery (Year 2018). Small mixed period assemblage. (1200>1700). (Andrew Sage, 2019)
Shell 1 1 (Year 2018)
Shell 2 1 Snail (Year 2018)
Stone 3 772 Worked Stone (Year 2018)
Stone 100 959 Quartz pebbles (Year 2018)
Stone 4 420 Not defined (Year 2018)
Animal Bone 37 240 (Year 2019)
Animal Bone 2 2 Fish (Year 2019)
Animal Bone 13 249 Includes 1 tooth (Year 2019)
Bone 13 97 Human (Year 2019)
Bone 141 1292 (Year 2019)
Bone 1 6 Tooth (Year 2019)
Ferrous Object 4 27 (Year 2019)
Flint 1 2 (Year 2019)
Stone 3 52 Fossils (Year 2019)
Human bone 5 86 (Year 2019)
Human bone 19 302 (Year 2019)
Human bone 1
Human bone 22 162 (Year 2019)
Human bone 9 226 (Year 2019)
Human bone 13 162 (Year 2019)
Human bone 9 62 Includes 1 tooth (Year 2019)
Other (add to description) 1 32 Charcoal (Year 2019)
Other (add to description) 1 37 Unidentified. Comment is "mud attached". (Year 2019)
Other (add to description) 1 5 Shale (Year 2019)
Pot 1 2 Blue/orange glaze (Year 2019)
Pot 1 4 Medieval (Year 2019)
Shell 11 13 Cockles (Year 2019)
Shell 1 3 Limpet (Year 2019)
Shell 52 250 Oyster (Year 2019)
Shell 108 240 Winkles (Year 2019)
Slag 2 4 (Year 2019)
Stone 1 8 Possible token (Year 2019)
Stone 29 499 Quartz pebbles (Year 2019)
Slag 4 42 Appears to have bone incorporated. (Year 2019)
Stone 310 4011 Quartz pebbles Discarded (Year 2019)
Animal Bone 2 30 Teeth and jaw fragment (Year 2020)
Bone 21 109 (Year 2020)
Stone 10 132 Quartz pebbles - discarded (Year 2020)

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_179525
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    • Mid-ex. shot of west side of Trench 2, looking north, 2m scales

Plan

  • Plan: LDF_15
    • Pre-ex plan NW corner of Trench 2. Sheet 3.
    • Tim Hill
    • 15-7-2017
  • Plan: LDF_17
    • Pre-ex plan of southern part of West side of Trench 2. Sheet 3.
    • Martin Braddock
    • 16-7-2017
  • Plan: LDF_19
    • Post-ex plan West Trench 2. Sheet 8.
    • Megan Lillington
    • 25-7-2017

Objects

  • Find: LDF_115
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    • Voided long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III dated between 1258 between 1270 AD
    • Silver
  • Find: LDF_117
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    • Anglo Sazon head stone with a celtic cross
    • Stone
  • Find: LDF_176
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    • St Cuthbert's bead
    • Stone
  • Find: LDF_179
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    • Fe nail
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_180
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    • Fe nail
    • Iron

Record Details

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  • Ruby Hardy 25-7-2017
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