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Short Description:
Fill of small pit [2398]
Issued to
Francis Wellborn | 16/09/2022

Interpretation

    • Probable sitting fill of a small pit that also included very frequent shell inclusions. This may have been a dumping event of seafood waste or alternatively it may represent a temporary storage area for shells in advance of firing in the limekiln just to the North - as shells are a natural source of lime
      • Ben Swain
    • 13-10-2022

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Moderately compacted
  • Mid orangey brown
  • silty clay
  • occasional small to medium sized sub angular sand/limestone pieces
  • L - 0.90 W - 0.66 T -
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  • Hand Ex/Dry

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 1 2 Tooth. (Year 2022)
Bone 19 53 Mixed human/Animal. (Year 2022)
Other (add to description) 1 1 Charcoal. (Year 2022)
Shell 241 889 Winkle (n178, 633g); unidentified (n63, 256g). (Year 2022)
Slag 1 5 (Year 2022)
Stone 23 220 Quartz pebbles. DISCARDED. (Year 2022)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_721
    • Small sub circular pit

Samples

  • Sample: LDF_217
    • Ben Swain
    • 20-9-2022

Objects

  • Find: LDF_316
    • FE object - possible hinge or clasp
    • Iron

Record Details

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  • Francis Wellborn 16-9-2022
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