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Short Description:
Cleaning deposit N end of trench
Issued to
Charles Cowper | 17/06/2016
262

Interpretation

    • Silty layer combined with sub-soil layer on top of archaeological features.
      • Charles Cowper
    • 17-6-2016

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • Soft
  • Dark greyish brown
  • Silty clay
  • Moderate number of angular pebbles
  • Length 3.94m Width 2m Depth Unknown
  • Strong winds and rain
  • Trowel

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Lead Object 1 1 fossil see small find ∆ 4
Animal Bone
  • 91
  • 91
  • 185
  • 185
Pot 220 1239 80% Tweed-Valley type ware. a few sherds of late reduced greenware. (1200>1550).12 pieces not pot. (Andrew Sage, 2017)
Ferrous Object 5 24

Feature

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Objects

  • Find: LDF_3
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    • Fragment of a medieval ,10th -12th century AD, comb plate ring-and-dot motifs either side enclosed with further parallel lines on edge of plate.
    • Bone
  • Find: LDF_4
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    • A fossil called Carboniferous crinoid known as a St Cuthbert's bead, associated with Saint Cuthbert in the 12th c. AD.
    • Stone
  • Find: LDF_5
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    • Fragment of sawn cetacean whale bone 100mm W. 55mm. Th.5-8mm
    • Bone

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