Photos at Middleham Castle

Explore the open archaeological data from our digs at Middleham Castle

Site Photos

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Description

  • Walls (2008) and (2012) Trench 2, facing west. Scale 1 x 1 m, 1 x 2 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_2008
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    • East/West aligned wall. Regularly coursed linear wall of limestone blocks and fragments. Internal face S, external to N. Courses slope in line with natural contour of ground. Bonded with yellow lime mortar.
    • Pandora Thoresby
    • 15-8-2019
  • Context: MDC_2009
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    • Equivalent of subsoil (2002) in north of trench. Brownish grey silt with <30% sub angular stones (<10cm) and <30% mortar inclusions.
    • Sonya Carnell
    • 15-8-2019
  • Context: MDC_2010
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    • East-west alignment of rubble/stones. Stones of various sizes observed in an E-W alignment.
    • Lesley Jacobs
    • 15-8-2019
  • Context: MDC_2011
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    • Mortar layer to the east of (2010). Mid reddish brown sandy silt with 40% mortar, 40% sub angular small stones (<2cm), 5% medium stone (<10cm).
    • Carl Hood
    • 15-8-2019
  • Context: MDC_2012
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    • Remaining basal course of wall of earlier structure. E-W linear wall with 90 degree turn to southeast. Faced limestone blocks (<38x20x12cm)
    • Geoff Minshull
    • 19-8-2019
  • 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_2017
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    • Possible cobbled surface to east of wall 2004. Mid reddish-brown sandy silt with large sub angular stones (19x20cm) placed to form a possible surface. 50% charcoal inclusions spread evenly across the deposit. Heat affected clay evident in areas and some fired purpled clay observed.
    • Ben Moore
    • 22-8-2019
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