Explore the open archaeological data from our digs at Middleham Castle
Light yellow sandy layer with charcoal patches adjacent to walls 4040 and 4041. Exposed in 2019.Moderately …
Light yellow sand beneath layer 4017 between walls 4025 and 4026. Soft friable light orangey yellow, …
Blocking material used to fill up circular cut of 4044 and then forming part of wall 4027. Very compacted …
East West running wall in trench 4, SW corner. Possible continuation of wall 4027 after rebuild 4047. …
Possible poorly made rebuild of wall 4027 after a burning event. Dolostone and reused roof slates, Largest …
Possible made ground layer into which foundation trench 4045 is cut. Compacted dark orangey brown silty …
Cut of a possible foundation trench for wall 4038
Possible cut of circular truncation in walls (4040) (4027). Circular cut with very steep sides and a …
Possible fill of square truncation in wall (4040), not excavated to undisturbed level only 0.30 down …
Possible cut of square truncation in wall (4040). Sub - square, vertical sides and base not excavated. …
Soft friable light yellow sand under (4011) capped by burning lens from which a sample was taken. Soft …
Return of wall 4038. Dolostone/ limestone, Largest - 0.37 x 0.6 and smallest 0.03x 0.10, average 0.26x …
Wall running East - West upon which wall 4027 is built. Dolostone, approx 0.30x0.20 average size of …
Wall running East West through trench, visible at Eastern end in slot, return of 4040. Dolostone, roughly …
Clayey material under 4008 (in eastern slot, between walls 4038 and 4039). Likely natural or made ground …
Possible foundation trench fill. Mottled yellowey material under 4008 (In slot North of wall 4038). …
Greyish limestone layer under 4021 same as 4029. Layer not completely dug intially but planned it as …
Reddish burnt layer - underneath very dark charcoal layer 4032. Soft mid reddish brown sandy silt with …
Reddish brown sandy clay layer with coal flecks, potential natural. Very compacted, mid orangey brown, …
Very dark charcoal layer under both 4022 and 4029. Very dark black brown silty sand with 40% small chunks …
Light brown silty clay layer beneath 4015, a possible made ground. Compacted light greyish brown silty …
Greyish limestone patch under 4021 similar to 4029. Friable light whitish grey sandy silt with <10% …
Greyish limestone layer under 4021. Soft light whitish grey sandy silt with rare small sub angular …
Firm brown clay under 4021, potentially made ground. Hard mid orange/ red brown clay with very rare …
E-W aligned wall extending from eastern LOE, abutting wall 4040. Dolostone, 0.30x0.20m average size …
E-W aligned wall in trench 4. Dolostone, 0.21x0.22m average size of materials, roughly finished, random …
E-W aligned wall in trench 4. Dolostone, 0.31x0.15 largest stone visible size of materials, roughly …
E-W aligned wall in trench 4. Dolostone, 0.23mx0.20m approx average representation size of materials, …
N-S and E-W aligned wall in trench 4. Dolostone, 0.22x0.20 representative size of materials, very rough/ …
Sandy yellow layer. Soft mid yellowish brown sandy silt with 10% very small sub angular stones, cbm …
Brownish layer butting up against walls underneath (4016). Firm mid red/ orange brown sandy silt with …
Rubble possible foundation layer running underneath wall 4023.Moderately compact dark grey brown silt …
Layer beneath 4009 internal to building
Layer between walls 4024 and 4025 within 2m slot. Moderately compacted mid yellowish brown silty sand …
Layer between walls 4025 and 4026 within 2m slot. Compacted mid yellowish brown silty sand with occasional …
Rubble layer (remains of the 2019 trench 2 section in the SE corner of the trench). Friable mid yellowish …
Yellowish brown mottled layer
Rubble possible foundation layer running underneath wall 4023. Very compact dark grey brown silt with …
Orangey yellow mottled layer above possible occupation deposit 4012. Moderately compact light yellowish …
Silting deposit with charcoal. Moderately compact dark grey brown clayey silt with regular charcoal …
Brown/yellow mottled moderately soft friable clayey silt layer between walls 4026 and 4027. Moderately …
Stones blocking up entrance way through walls 4023 and 4024. Compacted mid greyish brown sandy silt …
Silty Layer with rubble, beneath rubble layer 4004 (inside the building). Soft mid greyish brown sandy …
Silty Layer with rubble, beneath rubble layer 4004 (outside of building). Soft mid greyish brown sandy …
Crushed mortar layer to south west of trench 4. Moderately compact light yellowish brown silty sand …
Crushed Mortar spread to East of trench 4. Moderately compact light yellowish brown silty sand with …
Rubble layer to West of trench 4. Same as 4004. Compacted mid greyish brown sandy silt with 40-50% small …
Rubble layer across most of trench 4. Compacted mid greyish brown sandy silt with 40-50% small to medium …
Backfill of 2019 trench 2 excavation, partially visible within trench 4
Cut of 2019 trench 2 excavation, partially visible within trench 4. L-shaped 2019 trench with vertical …
Gravel layer visible across most of trench. Compacted light grey brown sandy silt with 40-50% inclusions …
Turf and topsoil in trench 4. Moderately loose dark greyish brown silt with occasional small to medium …
Solid yellow brown bedrock dolostone. Not excavated as it was bedrock, and it appeared throughout the …
A reddish brown firm clay lens overlying the bedrock throughout the north of trench 3, likely a part …
Dense band of rubble within circular feature, under 3015 and above 3018, it had a moderately loose yellow …
North South aligned wall in South-West corner of trench 3 - Lower course on slightly different alignment …
North South aligned wall in South-West corner of trench 3.
Reddish brown clay leveling/foundation layer under 3023 in southern end of trench 3. Firm reddish brown …
Possible post abandonment/demolition silting layer, overlaying the walls in the southern end of trench …
Small wall in southern area of trench 3, just to the south of the large circular feature. Total of seven …
Large wall in SW corner of trench 3 on E-W alignment. Both North and south faces seen. Rubble core extremely …
Large wall on N-S alignment on western side of trench 3. Wall appears to end just before northern limit …
Possible wall, more likely stones floating within layer (3013), loose mid grey brown clayey silt around …
The lowest fill of a large pit excavated in the centre of trench 3. Moderately soft yellow brown mottled …
Light yellow baked clay fill under (3007) and above (3014) in large pit. Compact light yellow brown …
A fairly soft mid brown sandy silt layer with rubble in it in the southern half of trench 3 under (3004) …
A pit fill, moderately soft dark reddish brown silty clay deposit with moderate small stones/gravel, …
Bright reddish orange brown silty clay fill in circular feature under (3017). Compact friable bright …
A rubble layer in NW corner of trench 3, it was a loose mid grey brown clayey silt with frequent medium …
Patch of dense burnt material within (3011), it was a friable very dark blue black clayey silt lens …
A possible foundation layer, compact reddish brown silty clay with occasional small stones and charcoal …
Rubble spread on east side of wall, a moderate friable mid grey brown silty clay with frequent angular …
Fill of a construction/foundation cut towards the north end of the trench. Moderately compact, yellowy …
Cut of a possible foundation cut on east side of wall. Linear roughly respecting the line of the wall …
The upper fill of a pit [3006], a moderately compact friable grey brown silty clay with frequent gravel …
Cut of large feature that is a possible quarry pit with burning in the upper fills. Rectangular/ovoid …
A layer and possible fill of a foundation cut on the west side of the n-s wall in trench 3. Dark brown …
Gravelly rubble layer, natural silting up in the south of trench 3. Loose grey brown sandy silt with …
Dense rubble patch in the north of trench 3. Moderately loose mid greyish brown silty clay with frequent …
Possible cobbled surface in the NW corner of trench 3. Moderately compact grey clayey silt with frequent …
A gravel layer overlying rubble in the north of trench 3. Dark grey brown moderately compact silty clayey …
Turf and topsoil. Moderately soft,dark brown, silty clay with moderate small stones, occasional coal, …
Squared post/timber receptacle within wall 2004. Possibly faced rectangular limestone blocks, coursed …
Inclined tube within walls 2004 & 2008. Unfinished subangular limestone blocks, constructed to form …
Possible cobbled surface to east of wall 2004. Mid reddish-brown sandy silt with large sub angular stones …
Lens of material within the floor. Loose, beige, sandy clayey silt with 50% mortar and charcoal <10% …
Clay foundation deposit beneath wall 2004. Very firm green brown clay.
Deposit of roof tile in discrete area overlaying (2005). Loose dark brown sandy silt, 80% roof tile …
Void. Cut of robbing trench through (2005). Linear cut with uneven sides and base was flat. The break …
Remaining basal course of wall of earlier structure. E-W linear wall with 90 degree turn to southeast. …
Mortar layer to the east of (2010). Mid reddish brown sandy silt with 40% mortar, 40% sub angular small …
East-west alignment of rubble/stones. Stones of various sizes observed in an E-W alignment.
Equivalent of subsoil (2002) in north of trench. Brownish grey silt with <30% sub angular stones …
East/West aligned wall. Regularly coursed linear wall of limestone blocks and fragments. Internal face …
Accumulated deposit beneath wall collapse (2003). Mid brown clayey silt with <5% mortar and <2% …
Layer underneath building rubble (2005). Mid greyish brown clayey silt with 80% sub-rounded pebbles …
Building rubble including roof tiles to the west of (2004). Probably represents a collapsed roof. Firm, …
North-south aligned wall running across Trench 2. N-S aligned. Regularly coursed linear wall of limestone …
Collapsed rubble and facing stones from wall (2004). Mid brown clayey silt with angular limestone blocks …
Subsoil. Mid greyish brown sandy silt with regular gravel, angular limestone fragments, occasional mortar …
Topsoil. Dark brown silty loam with angular limestone fragment inclusions.
Construction cut for wall (1002). Linear in shape with uneven sides and a flat base. E-W oriented.
Layer of construction debris. Mottled cream/mid brown silt with angular limestone fragment inclusions. …
Threshhold of door. Single course of regular limestone blocks c.28x19x15cm facing N-S. No bonding material …
Ephemeral alignment of stones possibly forming a drain to the west of the door in wall (1002). Angular …
Foundation of earlier building. Linear corner of building of coursed limestone blocks ranging from 14x8x8cm …
Discreet layer under pebbles adjacent to east-west wall. Mid greyish brown silt with <2% small stones …
Layer underneath door block up. Mid reddish brown sandy silt with 5% gravel, 5% angular stones (5cm) …
Natural clayey layer overlaying bedrock. Mid greyish brown silty clay.
Layer underneath construction material to the east of building. Mid greyish brown sandy silt with 5% …
Degraded limestone and sand layer underneath pebbles outside of building. Medium, yellow, homogenous. …
Natural bedrock, fractured limestone bedrock
Gravely layer underneath pebbles outside of building. Mid greyish brown sandy clayey silt with 40% sub …
Layer of degraded sand stone underneath rubble. Dark greyish brown silty sand with 90% inclusion of …
Blockup of door, mid dark greyish brown, silty sand with 90% inclusion of poorly sorted angular stones …
Pebbly layer underneath rubble outside the building. Mid greyish brown silty sand with 80% poorly sorted …
Subsoil against curtain wall, mid greyish brown silty clay
Rubble layer outside curtain wall to the south of the site
Southern extent of the east-west aligned wall curtain wall. E-W aligned wall of coursed square flat …
Subsoil, mid greyish brown, sandy silt.
Layer under degraded sandstone within building. Mid brown silt, with moderate pebbles.
Layer of building rubble outside the building walls. Mid greyish brown sandy silt with 80% large and …
Layer of building rubble within the building walls. Mid yellowish-brown sandy clay with 80% angular …
North-South aligned wall within trench 1. N-S aligned wall of coursed square flat faced limestone and …
East -West aligned wall within Trench 1. E-W aligned wall of coursed square flat faced limestone and …
Topsoil. Mid greyish brown sandy silt with 10% inclusions of sub-angular stones ranging from 3-10cm. …
