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Short Description:
Fill of pit
Issued to
Xosé Gago | 21/06/2016
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Interpretation

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Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Loose
  • Dark reddish brown
  • Sandy silt
  • Few (10%) shell
  • Length 1.6m Width 1.00m Depth 0.10 m
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  • Trowel, dry but overcast day

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Pot 11 124 LINKED TO 3015. Tweed Valley type ware and other earlier types, highly fragmented but some linking sherds. (1150>1650). (Andrew Sage, 2017)
Slag 1 4
Bone 76 142
Other (add to description) 2 144 charcoal

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_309
    • Pit cut and associated fills

Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_160959
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    • Large pit, layer under shell midden, facing North East
  • Photo: LDF_160960
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    • Large pit, layer under shell midden, facing South West
  • Photo: LDF_160961
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    • Large pit, layer under shell midden, facing South East
  • Photo: LDF_160962
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    • Large pit, layer under shell midden, facing North East
  • Photo: LDF_161402
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    • Large pit post-excavation, facing North East.
  • Photo: LDF_161403
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    • Large pit post-excavation, facing North West.
  • Photo: LDF_161404
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    • Large pit post-excavation, facing South East.
  • Photo: LDF_161405
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    • Large pit post-excavation, facing North East.
  • Photo: LDF_161406
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    • Large pit post-excavation, facing North West.
  • Photo: LDF_161407
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    • Large pit post-excavation, facing South East.

Samples

  • Sample: LDF_8
    • John Castling
    • 21-6-2016

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