Short Description:
Fill of small pit [2226] or dumping event/spread of waste metalworking material in the 'metalworking' area of Tr2(W)
Issued to
Imogen Cornish | 13/09/2020
Interpretation
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- The fill of a possible smithy pit, likely used for copper or bronze working. The fill contained burnt wood and copper/copper alloy waste material formed of droplets. Within this fill there was a concentrated patch of burnt material/wood 100% sampled and given a separate context number (2229).
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- Nat Jackson
- 21-9-2020
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- This feature was fully excavated and 100% of the fill sampled as sample no. 192 in the 2021 season. In accordance with excavation the previous season, droplets of copper alloy waste continued to be discovered, but no more of burnt wood (2229) was encountered. Due to the very small and shallow nature of the feature, and upon discussion with the project metallurgist, it is now believed that this feature is likely to represent a dumping event or small spread of waste metalworking material rather than in-situ evidence of a metalworking area or smithy.
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- Ben Swain
- 1-2-2022
Sketch Photo
Description
- Moderately soft friable
- Dark grey brown mottled
- Clayey silt
- Frequent charcoal/burnt wood, occasional small stones, occasional cu/cu alloy blobs
- Length - 0.64 Width - 0.64 Thickness - 0.10
- 2020 field season: 25% of the feature was excavated and all of this material was sampled Small finds: 214 Stone Object x1 2g "Spherical: 11.5mm diameter slightly rough surface, medium brown in colour, a tiny area of the surface has been scraped slightly and underlying colour is pinky" 2021 season: The remaining 75% of this feature was excavated and the all of the fill was sampled as sample no. 192
- Hand ex with trowel, leaf trowel and spoon, fair/sunny conditions
Finds
| Findtype | Quantity (No. fragments) | Weight (g) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone | 18 |
| (Year 2020) |
| Ceramic Building Material | 6 | 2 | Burnt clay ? (Year 2020) |
| Other (add to description) | 3 | 11 | Charcoal (Year 2020) |
| Copper Alloy Object | 3 | 7 | (Year 2020) |
| Ferrous Object | 1 | 1 | (Year 2020) |
| Stone | 13 | 161 | Quartz pebbles - Discarded (Year 2020) |
| Shell | 32 | 115 | Cockle n=2, 2g; Oyster n=9, 61g; Winkle n=19, 49g; "flat shells" n=2, 3g. (Year 2020) |
| Slag | 1 | 6 | (Year 2020) |
Feature
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Feature: LDF_238
- Small pit or dump/spread containing burnt wood, copper/bronze waste products in 'metalworking' area of TR2(W)
Site Photos
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Photo: LDF_200729
- Small pit F238 looking S
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Photo: LDF_200730
- Small pit F238 looking N
Record Details
- Not set
- Imogen Cornish 13-9-2020
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