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Short Description:
Dump layer at the West of the trench
Issued to
Roger Watson | 18/06/2016
248

Interpretation

    • Dump layer above pit
      • Xosé Gago
    • 19-6-2016

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Soft, easy to trowel
  • Mid-grey brown
  • Silty sand, but mostly silt
  • Moderate shells frags amongst stones
  • Length 1.60m Width 0.55m Depth 0.28m
  • Discreet shell layers dispersed with stones
  • Good and dry; trowel

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 274 747
Pot 81 443 Single sherd of pre-medieval redware - possibly intrusive. 95% of the assemblage is 13/14th century. Very mixed and fragmented. (1150>1900). (Andrew Sage, 2017)
Ferrous Object 5 16
Shell 2 8
Slag 2 48

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_160963
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    • Smaller pit, facing South East
  • Photo: LDF_160964
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    • Smaller pit, facing South West
  • Photo: LDF_161410
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    • Smaller pit post-excavation, facing North East.
  • Photo: LDF_161412
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    • Smaller pit post-excavation, facing South East.
  • Photo: LDF_161413
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    • Smaller pit post-excavation, facing North East.

Plan

  • Plan: LDF_3
    • Pre ex plan of trench 3
    • David Hazel
    • 22-6-2016

Samples

  • Sample: LDF_2
    • Xosé Gago
    • 19-6-2016

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