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Short Description:
Reddish brown silty clay in focal burial
Issued to
Rachel Vallis | 20/09/2022
2180

Interpretation

    • Fill of focal burial, partially disturbed by later infant burial
      • Harriet Tatton
    • 19-5-2023

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • moderately compact
  • mid brownish orange occasionally mottled
  • silty clay with some patches of refined clay
  • small frequent degrading lime/standstone inclusions.
  • width approx 0.60m (full extent obscured by masonry 2324) length - unknown not fully excavated thickness - 0.24m
  • this layer contained much of the coffin furniture and straps from presumed chest burial in focal grave
  • trowel/mini mattock in dry overcast conditions with periods of heavy rain

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 44 25 (Year 2022)
Copper Alloy Object 1 1 (Year 2022)
Ferrous Object 6 7 (Year 2022)
Shell 5 1 (Year 2022)
Stone 22 166 Quartz pebbles. DISCARDED. (Year 2022)

Feature

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Samples

  • Sample: LDF_240
    • Jill Sluman
    • 25-9-2022
  • Sample: LDF_260
    • Harriet Tatton
    • 1-10-2022

Objects

  • Find: LDF_326
    • Fe object, coffin furniture?
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_327
    • Fe object in focal burial
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_328
    • Flat piece of coffin furniture in focal burial
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_329
    • Fe coffin furniture in focal burial
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_330
    • Fe coffin furniture in focal burial
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_332
    • Fe coffin furniture
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_335
    • Fe object in focal burial near top of femur
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_338
    • Fe object in focal burial
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_339
    • Small piece of lead in focal burial
    • Lead
  • Find: LDF_341
    • Fe nail from NE corner of focal burial
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_342
    • Fe nail from SE corner of focal burial
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_343
    • Fe nail from middle of focal burial
  • Find: LDF_344
    • Fe obj from middle of focal burial
  • Find: LDF_345
    • Fe obj from middle of focal burial
  • Find: LDF_346
    • Fe obj from middle of focal burial
  • Find: LDF_347
    • Fe obj from middle of focal burial
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_349
    • Fe object in focal burial between SK2407 and SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_350
    • Fe object in focal burial between SK2407 and SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_351
    • Mineralised wood in focal burial between SK2407 and SK2412
    • Wood
  • Find: LDF_352
    • Fe obj in focal burial between SK2407 and SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_353
    • Fe obj in focal burial between SK2407 and SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_354
    • Fe obj in focal burial between SK2407 and SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_355
    • Fe obj in focal burial between SK2407 and SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_356
    • Fe obj in focal burial between SK2407 and SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_357
    • Fe obj in focal burial between SK2407 and SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_359
    • Fe obj near to feet of SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_361
    • Fe obj between feet of SK2412 and SK2407
  • Find: LDF_364
    • FE object in grave SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_365
    • Fe object in grave of SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_374
    • Coffin furniture underneath femur of SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_375
    • Possible clasp from fill of grave SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_376
    • Fe object from fill of grave for SK2412
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_427
    • Fe obj from LDF22
  • Find: LDF_438
    • Fe object
  • Find: LDF_441
    • Fe obj (possible strappingin two pieces) from focal burial
  • Find: LDF_442
    • Fe obj (possible strapping) from focal burial

Record Details

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  • Rachel Vallis 20-9-2022
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