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Short Description:
Discreet layer under pebbles adjacent to east-west wall. Mid greyish brown silt with <2% small stones and very limited sandy inclusions.
Issued to
Susan Wilson | 21/08/2019
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Interpretation

    • Probably represents a silting up of a possible drain formed by the ephemeral wall (1022).
      • Chris Scott
    • 28-8-2019

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Loose to medium
  • Mid greyish brown
  • Silt
  • Very limited small stones less than 2 %. Very limited sandy inclusions.
  • D 0.10m L 0.80m W 0.26
  • Stratigraphically after (1021) and (1022)
  • Overcast/trowel

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 1 4 (Year 2019)
Ferrous Object 1 8 Iron nail (Year 2019)
Pot 5 39 3 pieces glazed (Year 2019)

Feature

  • Feature: MDC_20
    • Drain, silted up, probably associated with original use of wall F16

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