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Short Description:
Grave fill of skeleton 2079
Issued to
Katherine Briggs | 16/09/2018
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Interpretation

    • Fill of the oven.
      • Michael Eden
    • 16-9-2018
    • Oven with potential flume that's going under the wall of the building.
      • Katherine Briggs
    • 16-9-2018
    • The linear pink fill is a fill of a grave (skeleton 2079) that cuts through the east wall of the building and the oven.
      • Madeleine Beadle
    • 16-9-2018
    • Fill of grave
      • Michael Eden
    • 18-9-2018

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Medium
  • Mid orangey brown
  • Silty clay
  • 10% poorly sorted Sub Angular stones
  • Not fully excavated
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  • Towelled in overcast conditions

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Bone 1 2 Tooth (Year 2018)
Bone 1 1 Burnt bone (Year 2018)
Bone 11 130 Butchery marks on largest piece (Year 2018)
Ceramic Building Material 2 3 (Year 2018)
Other (add to description) 1 6 Charcoal (Year 2018)
Shell 5 8 3 Snail (5g), 2 unidentified (3g) (Year 2018)
Shell 3 8 Winkle (Year 2018)
Stone 3 15 Quartz pebble (Year 2018)
Stone 2 38 (Year 2018)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_219
    • Skeleton - Articulated human remains in NW of trench 2 W.

Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_180007
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    • NW Trench 2 extension following excavation of (2061), looking south, 1m scales
  • Photo: LDF_180009
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    • NW Trench 2 extension following excavation of (2061), looking east, 1m scales
  • Photo: LDF_180130
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    • NW Trench 2 extension following cleaning after excavation of (2061), looking east, 1m scales
  • Photo: LDF_180134
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    • NW Trench 2 extension following cleaning after excavation of (2061), looking south, 1m scales
  • Photo: LDF_180134
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    • NW Trench 2 extension following cleaning after excavation of (2061), looking south, 1m scales

Samples

  • Sample: LDF_100
    • Chris Swindells
    • 16-9-2018

Objects

  • Find: LDF_119
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    • Heavily corroded iron object, possible strapping
    • Iron

Record Details

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  • Katherine Briggs 16-9-2018
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