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Short Description:
Brown/yellow mottled moderately soft friable clayey silt layer between walls 4026 and 4027. Moderately soft friable dark yellowish brown clayey silt with 10-15% charcoal inclusions and occasional mortar flecks.
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Ben Swain | 12/04/2021
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Interpretation

    • Possible occupation deposit beneath silting 4008, between walls. Unexcavated
      • Ben Swain
    • 13-4-2021
    • A moderately soft clayey silt layer seen between walls 4026 and 4027. It also extends to the south of wall. It is possibly a foundation layer for the walls. At the base of this layer some potential in situ burning or a charcoal lens was observed this lens spreads under wall 4027 and a sample has been taken <12> .
      • Nat Jackson
    • 21-4-2021

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Moderately soft friable
  • Dark yellowish brown
  • Clayey silt
  • 10-15% charcoal inclusions and occasional mortar flecks
  • Length; 2.00 Width; 0.56 Thickness; 0.08
  • Not excavated Length - 2.00m slot
  • Hand ex / sunny

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ferrous Object 9 56 (Year 2021)
Other (add to description) 4 195 Mortar. (Year 2021)

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: MDC_210654
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    • West looking photo of East facing section through (4009) to reveal layer (4011) within 2m slot. 0.4m scale

Plan

  • 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

Samples

  • Sample: MDC_12
    • Nat Jackson
    • 21-4-2021

Record Details

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  • Ben Swain 12-4-2021
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