Contexts at Lindisfarne

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Short Description:
Topsoil of trench 4
Issued to
Indie Jago | 21/07/2017
505

Interpretation

    • Topsoil
      • Brendon Wilkins
    • 22-7-2017

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Loose
  • Mid orangy brown
  • Silt
  • None
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  • Spades in cloud cover

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 22 95 Animal teeth (Year 2018)
Animal Bone 285 1135 (Year 2018)
Bone 1 1 Fish bone (Year 2018)
Ceramic Building Material 2 39 Motar (Year 2018)
Ceramic Building Material 9 105 (Year 2018)
Clay Tobacco Pipe 10 104 (Year 2018)
Clay Tobacco Pipe 73 201 3 complete bowls, 5 partial bowls, 1 decorative stem, 1 named stem (Year 2018)
Copper Alloy Object 1 1 (Year 2018)
Ferrous Object 9 104 (Year 2018)
Flint 2 23 (Year 2018)
Glass 10 58 1 item iridscent, laminated glass stopper (Year 2018)
Glass 1 2 (Year 2018)
Human bone 18 106 (Year 2018)
Human bone 1 4 Human tooth (Year 2018)
Other (add to description) 3 3 Shell or stone possibly burnt (Year 2018)
Other (add to description) 1 204 Layered material (sandwich like) (Year 2018)
Other (add to description) 1 2 Sea glass (Year 2018)
Other (add to description) 23 41 Charcoal (Year 2018)
Pot 7 42 (Year 2018)
Pot 87 553 Some medieval (Year 2018). Mixed type assemblage, including rims and a possible skillet handle. (1150>1900). (Andrew Sage, 2019)
Shell 69 546 1 Mussel (1g), 5 limpets (15g), 1 cockle (4g), 2 Whelk (26g), 13 winkle (28g), 30 Oyster (247g), 3 Limpet (62g), 10 whelk (157g), 4 miscellaneous (6g) (Year 2018)
Slag 6 50 1 burnt bone with slag (Year 2018)
Stone 38 379 Quartz pebbles (Year 2018)

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_179839
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    • Post-ex. shot of Trench 4, looking north, 2m scale

Objects

  • Find: LDF_53
    • Hand made iron nail - possibly medieval and related to the cemetery
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_63
    • Probable modern iron nail
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_64
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    • Carboniferous crinoid fossil known as St Cuthberts bead associated with the cult of Saint Cuthbert in the 12th century AD
    • Stone
  • Find: LDF_65
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    • Unidentifiable copper alloy
    • Copper Alloy
  • Find: LDF_66
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    • Two copper alloy fragments possibly a capsule/container of a post-medieval date - probably 19th century.
    • Copper Alloy
  • Find: LDF_67
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    • Corroded iron nail
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_68
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    • Possible knife blade ferrous object
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_69
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    • Victorian one penny coin dated to 1882
    • Copper
  • Find: LDF_70
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    • Corroded square iron nail
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_71
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    • George V 1928 one penny coin
    • Copper Alloy
  • Find: LDF_72
    • Victorian half-penny coin dated to 1899
    • Copper
  • Find: LDF_73
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    • Corroded iron nail that appears to be bent
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_75
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    • Unidentifiable corroded iron mass
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_76
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    • Small piece of clear blue tinted medieval leaded window glass
    • Glass
  • Find: LDF_77
    • Bent iron object very rusty/corroded
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_79
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    • Two fragments of corroded iron nail
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_81
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    • Small buckle 17th-18th century copper alloy in good condition approx 2cm
    • Copper Alloy
  • Find: LDF_82
    • Metal shot ball
    • Metal
  • Find: LDF_83
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    • lron Nail heavily corroded
    • Iron
  • Find: LDF_84
    • Small copper alloy sheet fragment
    • Metal
  • Find: LDF_102
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    • Potential medieval fragment of worked antler
    • Bone

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