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Short Description:
Mixed stoney rubble layer below furrow base fill
Issued to
Ben Swain | 09/09/2020
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Interpretation

    • A mixed stoney rubble and clay layer at the base of the furrow fill, rising slightly on either side of the furrow, indicating the deposition of stones below onto the ridge after ploughing.
      • Ben Swain
    • 10-9-2020

Sketch Photo

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Description

  • Compact
  • Mid brownish grey
  • Silty clay
  • 40% medium- stone sub angular stones
  • Length - 8.00m Width - 4.00m Thickness - 0.20m
  • Small finds 2020: 184 Ferrous object Nail x1 27g 65mm long, shaft of nail average 10mm wide, head of nail 28mm x 24mm wide, corroded, orangey-brown
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Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 5 169 (Year 2021)
Animal Bone 583 3331 Retrieved from human remains assemblage. (Year 2021)
Bone 504 2642 Mixed human/animal. (Year 2021)
Other (add to description) 1 12 Fossil. (Year 2021)
Other (add to description) 2 12 Mortar. (Year 2021)
Shell 86 126 (Year 2021)
Stone 18 201 Quartz pebbles. DISCARDED (Year 2021)
Human bone 79 1626 (Year 2021)

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_215398
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    • E looking photo of two disarticulated skulls protruding from eastern baulk of TR2(W) within graveyard soil (2163). 0.3m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215404
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    • N looking photo of charnel found within graveyard soil (2163) consisting of a semi-articulated skull and other long bones. Found at N end of slot through (2163) and E side of TR2(W). 0.3m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215407
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    • S looking photo of charnel found within graveyard soil (2163) consisting of a semi-articulated skull and other long bones. Found at N end of slot through (2163) and E side of TR2(W). 0.3m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215420
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    • S looking photo of possible articulated skull with jaw intact. Found within (2163) at S end of slot at E side of TR2(W). 0.3m scale.
  • Photo: LDF_215425
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    • E looking photo of slot through (2163) (E side TR2W), revealing possible natural and (2312) (S end). 2m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215428
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    • E looking photo of slot through (2163) (E side TR2W), revealing possible natural and (2312) (centre of the slot). 2m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215429
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    • E looking photo of slot through (2163) (E side TR2W), revealing possible natural and (2312) (N end of the slot). 2m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215432
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    • N looking photo of slot through (2163) (E side TR2W), revealing possible natural and (2312). 2m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215433
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    • W looking photo of slot through (2163) (E side TR2W), revealing possible natural and (2312) (centre of the slot). 2m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215434
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    • W looking photo of slot through (2163) (E side TR2W), revealing possible natural and (2312) (N end of the slot). 2m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215457
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    • N looking photo of slot through (2163) (E side TR2W), revealing possible natural and (2312). 2m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215458
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    • S looking photo of slot through (2163) (E side TR2W), revealing possible natural and possible cut linear feature (2312). 2m scale
  • Photo: LDF_215460
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    • W looking photo of box addition to sloth through (2163) in E side of TR2W. 1m scale
  • Photo: LDF_216547
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    • E looking photo of W facing section of Tr2W
  • Photo: LDF_216549
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    • E looking photo of W facing section of Tr2W

Objects

  • Find: LDF_184
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    • FE nail
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_239
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    • Possible Anglo Saxon Coin
    • Metal

Record Details

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  • Ben Swain 9-9-2020
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