Basic Information
- Small pit or dump/spread containing burnt wood, copper/bronze waste products in 'metalworking' area of TR2(W)
Contexts
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Context: LDF_2179
- Fill of small pit [2226] or dumping event/spread of waste metalworking material in the 'metalworking' area of Tr2(W)
- Imogen Cornish
- 13-9-2020
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Context: LDF_2226
- Cut of small pit or dumping event/spread of waste metalworking material in the 'metalworking' area of Tr2(W)
- Jim Heffer
- 16-9-2020
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Context: LDF_2229
- Dark grey/black soft charcoal rich deposit in base of F.238
- Jim Heffer
- 16-9-2020
Narrative
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- A small pit located in the nw extension of trench 2. It had a diameter of 0.64m and a depth of at least 0.10m. Only one quarter of the feature was excavated to what we thought was the base, although this is uncertain. The function of this feature is possibly a smithy pit. It was likely used for copper or bronze working. The fill contained burnt wood and copper/copper alloy waste material formed of droplets. Within this fill there was a concentrated patch of burnt material/wood 100% sampled and given a separate context number (2229).
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- Nat Jackson
- 2-10-2020
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- This feature was fully excavated and 100% of the fill sampled as sample no. 192 in the 2021 season. In accordance with excavation the previous season, droplets of copper alloy waste continued to be discovered, but no more of burnt wood (2229) was encountered. Due to the very small and shallow nature of the feature, and upon discussion with the project metallurgist, it is now believed that this feature is likely to represent a dumping event or small spread of waste metalworking material rather than in-situ evidence of a metalworking area or smithy.
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- Ben Swain
- 1-2-2022
Dating Narrative
- No Interpretations
Matrix
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