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Short Description:
Dark Silty layer with large flag stones beneath it in the north of TR2W
Issued to
Ben Swain | 20/09/2022

Interpretation

    • This dark silting layer appears to be filling in a hollow/depression in the ground, capping earlier features (such as stone lined channel F724 and wall F723) which appear to have sunk into it. It is possible this depression implies the existence of an earlier feature below (such as a pit or even the continuation of the linear ditch observed in the southern end of TR2W) into which later features have sunk. This silting is truncated by the later Norman limekiln F217 and also grave F716.
      • Ben Swain
    • 14-10-2022

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • Moderately soft/friable
  • Dark greyish brown
  • Clayey silt
  • regular charcoal flecks, frequent inclusions of small to medium sized sub angular sandstone pieces
  • L - 3.45 W - 2.59 T -
  • Not fully excavated
  • Hand ex/damp

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 272 55 Fish bone. (Year 2022)
Animal Bone 255 1245 (Year 2022)
Bone 54 Mixed human/animal. Not yet weighed. Includes 1 large fish vertebrae. (Year 2022)
Bone 154 63 Mixed human/animal. (Year 2022)
Ceramic Building Material 7 Mixture of stone, CBM and mortar. Not yet weighed. (Year 2022)
Other (add to description) 2 Charcoal. Not yet weighed. (Year 2022)
Other (add to description) 1 Fossil. Not yet weighed. (Year 2022)
Human bone 3 4 (Year 2022)
Slag 3 Not yet weighed. (Year 2022)
Shell Multiple non-diagnostic fragments. No quantification data. (Year 2022)
Shell 55 Not yet weighed. Winkle (n27); Cockle (n2); Oyster (n26). (Year 2022)
Shell 94 530 Oyster (n54, 439g); Winkle (n26, 81g); not identified (n14, 10g). (Year 2022)
Stone 47 581 Quartz pebbles. DISCARDED. (Year 2022)

Feature

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Samples

  • Sample: LDF_216
    • Ben Swain
    • 20-9-2022

Objects

  • Find: LDF_348
    • Cu alloy object
    • Copper Alloy
  • Find: LDF_378
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    • Bone with hole drilled into / through
    • Bone

Record Details

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  • Ben Swain 20-9-2022
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