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Short Description:
A fairly soft mid brown sandy silt layer with rubble in it in the southern half of trench 3 under (3004)
Issued to
Jen Scott | 12/04/2021
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Interpretation

    • A probable silting layer in the south of trench 3 overlying some of the walls in the area including walls 3022 and 3025.
      • Nat Jackson
    • 26-4-2021

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Fairly soft
  • Mid brown
  • Sandy silt. Particularly sandy where sitting above remains of mortared wall and degraded rubble core of 3021.
  • Frequent large angular and sub angular stones, occasional small pebbles, frequent small mortar chunks, and occasional small fragments of wall plaster. Very occasional small shells and small flecks of charcoal.
  • Length; 4.50 Width; 3.00 Thickness; 0.14
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  • Hand ex with mattock. Sunny and dry conditions.

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 26 348 (Year 2021)
Ceramic Building Material 2 72 (Year 2021)
Ferrous Object 3 20 (Year 2021)
Other (add to description) 5 61 Mortar. (Year 2021)
Pot 8 149 (Year 2021)
Shell 5 62 Oyster (n=4, 60g), Snail (n=1, 2g). (Year 2021)
Stone 3 51 (Year 2021)
Ceramic Building Material 1 25 Glazed tile. (Year 2021)

Feature

  • Feature: MDC_309
    • Rubble/gravel layer overlying all features in Tr3

Site Photos

  • Photo: MDC_210665
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    • South looking photo of south of trench 3 mid excavation after the removal of (3004). 2m scale
  • Photo: MDC_210670
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    • North looking photo of south of trench 3 mid excavation after the removal of (3004). 2m scale.
  • Photo: MDC_211766
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    • Nat holding heat affected stone in trench 3 MDC21_2021-04-14_CAM05_IMG5772.jpg

Plan

  • Plan: MDC_15
    • Mid Ex plan of Trench 3 showing (3019) possible wall in NW corner of trench. Also showing extent of (3016) in SW corner. Scale 1:50 Sheet#4
    • Jen Scott
    • 12-4-2021
  • Plan: MDC_16
    • Mid Ex plan of Trench 3 showing bedrock in NW corner after removal of 3019 and showing 3023 after removal of 3016. Scale 1:50 Sheet#5
    • Jodie Hannis
    • 16-4-2021

Record Details

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  • Jen Scott 12-4-2021
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