Basic Information
- Large pit in the centre of Tr3
Contexts
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Context: MDC_3006
- Cut of large feature that is a possible quarry pit with burning in the upper fills. Rectangular/ovoid pit with steep to vertical sides and base not seen. The break of slope at the top was sharp and the bottom was not seen.
- Nat Jackson
- 29-3-2021
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Context: MDC_3007
- The upper fill of a pit [3006], a moderately compact friable grey brown silty clay with frequent gravel and charcoal inclusions.
- Nat Jackson
- 1-4-2021
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Context: MDC_3014
- Bright reddish orange brown silty clay fill in circular feature under (3017). Compact friable bright reddish brown clay with occasional charcoal flecks and occasional small to medium stones.
- Nat Jackson
- 8-4-2021
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Context: MDC_3015
- A pit fill, moderately soft dark reddish brown silty clay deposit with moderate small stones/gravel, occasional medium stones, occasional charcoal flecks
- Nat Jackson
- 9-4-2021
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Context: MDC_3017
- Light yellow baked clay fill under (3007) and above (3014) in large pit. Compact light yellow brown slightly silty clay with occasional small stones and charcoal.
- Nat Jackson
- 13-4-2021
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Context: MDC_3018
- The lowest fill of a large pit excavated in the centre of trench 3. Moderately soft yellow brown mottled silty with moderate small stones, occasional medium stones and charcoal flecks.
- Nat Jackson
- 13-4-2021
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Context: MDC_3027
- Dense band of rubble within circular feature, under 3015 and above 3018, it had a moderately loose yellow brown silty clay matrix with frequent medium sized stones within it.
- Jodie Hannis
- 23-4-2021
Narrative
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- The latest feature in Trench 3 was a very large pit in the centre of the trench. This pit was cut into the bedrock and wall F302. After the upper fill (3007) was excavated large amounts of burning was seen in the pit. A large fire had taken place which caused the upper 3 fills to be massively heat affected. Directly below where the fire may have been was (3017) a very compact baked clay, beneath that (3014) was a bright reddish-brown silty clay and then under that was a dark reddish-brown silty clay (3015), this went down to a depth of 0.50m. Under the burning was a rubble fill with stones that did not appear to be heat affected and a silty clay fill which again showed no signs of burning. This indicates that the fire may have occurred very late on in the life of the pit after it had already been filled in. The full extent of the pit is unknown, as is the function, however it may have been a quarry pit as it was cut through the bedrock and contained very few finds. Any finds that were recovered from the pit are likely to be residual.
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- Nat Jackson
- 7-5-2021
Dating Narrative
- No Interpretations
Matrix
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- [not set]
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