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Short Description:
Topsoil
Issued to
Brendon Wilkins | 13/06/2016
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Interpretation

    • Topsoil deposit
      • Brendon Wilkins
    • 15-6-2016
    • Topsoil
    • 28-7-2016

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Soft
  • Dark grey brown
  • Fine silty sand
  • Humic
  • length - 20 metres Width - 2 metres Depth - 0.20 metres
  • Supporting long tufted grass
  • Excavated by machine

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 30
  • 475
  • 475
Glass 1 17
Clay Tobacco Pipe 4 15
Ferrous Object 17
  • 34
  • 590
Pot 31 469 Very mixed assemblage (1150>1900). (Andrew Sage, 2017)
Shell 31
  • 333
  • 333
  • 333
Ceramic Building Material 3 130
Lead Object 1 19

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_160005
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    • Trench 3 pre-excavation shot, southern end, facing North West.
  • Photo: LDF_160006
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    • Trench 3 pre-excavation shot, northern end, facing North West.
  • Photo: LDF_160007
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    • Trench 3 pre-excavation shot, northern end, facing South East.
  • Photo: LDF_160008
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    • Trench 3 pre-excavation shot, southern end, facing South East.

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