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Short Description:
Light brown silty layer under gravelly charnel layer - NE slot
Issued to
Michael Liu | 16/09/2021
1997

Interpretation

    • Continuation of charnel from Norman cemetery though fewer skeletal appearing. Excavations stopped before revealing full extent
      • David Wallace
    • 21-9-2021

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • Firm
  • Light greyish brown
  • Sandy silt
  • 20% charnel 10% quartz pebbles
  • Appearing in patches as excavation stopped Length - 11.07m Width - 0.10m Depth - not known not fully excavated
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  • Hand ex/wet

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 1 4 (Year 2021)
Ferrous Object 1 4 (Year 2021)
Human bone 1667 9870 Re interred on site September 2021. (Year 2021)
Human bone 3 9 (Caffell, A. (2022)). (Year 2021)
Shell 35 46 (Year 2021)
Stone 293 Quartz pebbles. DISCARDED. Weight not recorded. (Year 2021)

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_215408
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    • NE looking photo of 7010 after channel removal in SE slot. 2 and 1m scale.
  • Photo: LDF_215412
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    • SE looking photo of layers 7009 and 7010. 1m scales
  • Photo: LDF_215539
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    • S looking post-ex photo of trench 7. 1m scales
  • Photo: LDF_215542
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    • N looking post-ex photo of trench 7. 1m scales

Plan

  • Plan: LDF_47
    • Post ex plan of trench 7. 1.20. Sheet 33. Drawn by Harmony and Azra. Supervised by DW
    • Joshua Harry
    • 19-9-2021

Objects

  • Find: LDF_258
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    • St cuthberts beads stuck together
    • Stone
  • Find: LDF_260
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    • St Cuthberts bead
    • Stone
  • Find: LDF_261
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    • St Cuthberts bead
    • Stone

Record Details

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  • Michael Liu 16-9-2021
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