Features at Middleham Castle

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Basic Information

  • Possible occupation layers seen in the SE corner sondage in Trench 4

Contexts

  • Context: MDC_4021
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    • Brownish layer butting up against walls underneath (4016). Firm mid red/ orange brown sandy silt with 20% small limestone/ mortar chunks and sub angular stones. Same as (4032)
    • David Wallace
    • 13-4-2021
  • Context: MDC_4022
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    • Sandy yellow layer. Soft mid yellowish brown sandy silt with 10% very small sub angular stones, cbm flecks and charcoal.
    • David Wallace
    • 13-4-2021
  • Context: MDC_4029
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    • Greyish limestone layer under 4021. Soft light whitish grey sandy silt with rare small sub angular stones. Similar to 4030 but may have been left from 2019 excavations
    • David Wallace
    • 14-4-2021
  • Context: MDC_4030
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    • Greyish limestone patch under 4021 similar to 4029. Friable light whitish grey sandy silt with <10% small sub angular stones.
    • David Wallace
    • 14-4-2021
  • Context: MDC_4032
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    • Very dark charcoal layer under both 4022 and 4029. Very dark black brown silty sand with 40% small chunks of charcoal and 10% small sub angular stones and limestones lumps. Same as (4021)
    • David Wallace
    • 14-4-2021
  • Context: MDC_4034
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    • Reddish burnt layer - underneath very dark charcoal layer 4032. Soft mid reddish brown sandy silt with 10% very small frags of degraded sandstone/ cbm
    • David Wallace
    • 16-4-2021

Narrative

    • A series of possible occupation layers seen in the south east corner of trench 4 underneath wall F404 and on top of the made ground F400.
      • Nat Jackson
    • 10-5-2021

Dating Narrative

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