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Short Description:
Stones blocking up entrance way through walls 4023 and 4024. Compacted mid greyish brown sandy silt with 50-70% inclusions of medium to large sized sub angular sandstone pieces. Substantial worked masonry stones.
Issued to
Ben Swain | 08/04/2021
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Interpretation

    • Possible blocking material used to block off a doorway into a corridor entrance into the building. This material may also possibly represent part of a surviving earlier wall which runs under wall 4023
      • Ben Swain
    • 13-4-2021

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Compacted
  • Mid greyish brown
  • Sandy silt
  • 50_70% inclusions of medium to large sized sub angular sandstone pieces. Substantial worked masonry stones
  • Length; 1.40 Width; 0.70 Thickness; 0.30
  • Potential blocked doorway/ entrance or continuation of earlier wall. The blocking stones themselves were not removed. As of 08/04/21 before 4004 removal Length - 0.90m Width - 0.70m Thickness - 0.13m In dimensions box from 12/04/21
  • Hand Ex/windy

Finds

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Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: MDC_210649
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    • West looking photo of layer (4019) after removal of silting (4009) within 2m slot. 1m scale.
  • Photo: MDC_210650
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    • West looking photo of stones (4010) after the removal of rubble and silting (4009) within 2m slot. 1m scale.
  • Photo: MDC_211600
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    • North facing photo of wall 4024 and stones 4010 MDC21_21-03-31_CAM02_IMG135927.jpg
  • Photo: MDC_211617
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    • Close up shot of stones blocking possible doorway MDC21_21-04-12_CAM02_IMG150758.jpg
  • Photo: MDC_211618
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    • Stones blocking possible doorway between walls 4023 and 4024 MDC21_21-04-12_CAM02_IMG150801.jpg

Plan

  • Plan: MDC_7
    • Plan of trench 4 with rubble 4004 removed and outline of walls properly exposed. 1:50. Sheet#9
    • Ben Swain
    • 7-4-2021
  • Plan: MDC_8
    • Mid Ex plan of trench 4 including 2m slot through middle of trench. 1:50. Sheet#10
    • Ben Swain
    • 12-4-2021
  • Plan: MDC_20
    • Post Ex Plan of Trench 4. 1:50. Sheet#13
    • David Wallace
    • 22-4-2021

Record Details

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  • Ben Swain 8-4-2021
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