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Short Description:
Graveyard soil excavated from E side of trench 2 in 2020 season
Issued to
Ceri Pennington | 10/09/2020
1331

Interpretation

    • Graveyard soil. Equal to 2015. Number given to finds removed as part of the 2020 cleaning layer.
      • Elizabeth Tutty
    • 18-9-2020

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • hard
  • mid orangey brown
  • clayey silt
  • Frequent large sub-angular sandstone. Frequent small sandstone pieces.
  • Number refers to the 2020 cleaning layer. See (2015).
  • Small finds 2020: 187 Ferrous object Object x1 40g Needle-shaped, 144mm long, thickness varies between 3-16mm, corroded, orangey-brown 198 Fossil Bead x1 1g Circular: 4mm diameter, resembles a tiny doughnut with a pin-prick hole in the centre, cream/light brown
  • Hand ex. Cleaning layer for 2020. Bone removed during lifting of burials F228, F229, F225 is attributed to this layer.

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 14 163 (Year 2020)
Bone 317 503 Includes 1 tooth (1g) (Year 2020)
Human bone 408 3147 Multiple body regions including ear bone, vertebral fragments, foot and 1 molar. (Year 2020)
Human bone 44 624 Skull 2 - ? Trauma. Includes loose bones and fragments (Year 2020)
Stone 95 857 Quartz pebbles - Discarded (Year 2020)
Animal Bone 1 4 Fish bone (Year 2020)
Shell 30 53 Cockle n=1 , 1g; Oyster n=21, 458g; Winkle n=8, 7g. (Year 2020)
Slag 1 14 (Year 2020)
Human bone 1 1 Skull 1 - hyoid bone (Year 2020)
Human bone 1 1 Skull 1 - ear bone (Year 2020)
Human bone 115 482 Skull 1 (Year 2020)
Human bone 2 4 Skull 1 - teeth (Year 2020)

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_200850
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    • West looking photo of trench 2 east (south end). Post ex 2020.
  • Photo: LDF_200856
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    • West looking photo of trench 2 east. Post ex 2020.
  • Photo: LDF_200860
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    • West looking photo of trench 2 east (north end). Post ex 2020.
  • Photo: LDF_200862
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    • North looking photo of trench 2 east. Post ex 2020.
  • Photo: LDF_201387
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    • west looking photo of Skulls in layer 2166
  • Photo: LDF_201389
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    • West looking photo of skulls in layer 2166
  • Photo: LDF_201390
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    • West looking photo of skulls in layer 2166
  • Photo: LDF_201392
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    • West looking photo of skulls in layer 2166
  • Photo: LDF_204415
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    • Megan cleaning trench 2 E
  • Photo: LDF_204416
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    • Nikita cleaning trench 2 E
  • Photo: LDF_204427
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    • Judy, David and Chris working in Trench 2 E.
  • Photo: LDF_204459
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    • Lizzie and David holding SF187

Objects

  • Find: LDF_187
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    • Fe object
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_198
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    • Cutherberts bead

Record Details

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  • Ceri Pennington 10-9-2020
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