Photos at Middleham Castle

Explore the open archaeological data from our digs at Middleham Castle

Site Photos

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Description

  • Deconstructed end of wall (2004), facing north. Scale 1 x 0.3 m
  • Chris Scott 17-9-2019

Contexts

  • Context: MDC_2004
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    • North-south aligned wall running across Trench 2. N-S aligned. Regularly coursed linear wall of limestone blocks and fragments (av. 40x25x13cm). Internal face faces W, external to E. Seven courses extant bonded with yellow lime mortar. External faces of stones are well finished with visible tooling.
    • Jodie Hannis
    • 12-8-2019
  • Context: MDC_2006
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    • Layer underneath building rubble (2005). Mid greyish brown clayey silt with 80% sub-rounded pebbles (<7cm), lime mortar and charcoal inclusions.
    • Bill Balding
    • 15-8-2019
  • Context: MDC_2015
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    • Clay foundation deposit beneath wall 2004. Very firm green brown clay.
    • Ben Moore
    • 22-8-2019
  • Context: MDC_2016
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    • Lens of material within the floor. Loose, beige, sandy clayey silt with 50% mortar and charcoal <10%
    • Ben Moore
    • 22-8-2019
  • Context: MDC_2018
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    • Inclined tube within walls 2004 & 2008. Unfinished subangular limestone blocks, constructed to form a tube within walls (2004) and (2008). Inclined slightly towards south.
    • Ben Moore
    • 22-8-2019
  • Context: MDC_2019
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    • Squared post/timber receptacle within wall 2004. Possibly faced rectangular limestone blocks, coursed and constructed to form a rectangular slot in wall (2004). Not fully excavated so full depth unknown.
    • Ben Moore
    • 22-8-2019
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