Contexts at Pontefract Castle

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Short Description:
Light sandy layer in drawbridge pit above 1050
Issued to
Ben Swain | 21/10/2019
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Interpretation

    • Victorian secondary fill of drawbridge pit
      • Nat Jackson
    • 23-10-2019

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Loose
  • Pale yellow brown
  • Silty sand/ sand
  • Large sandstone masonry fragments, small, medium and large stones, occasional charcoal flecks,
  • Length - 5.60m Width - 2.48m Thickness - 1.10m
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  • Hand excavated / fair

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 12 335 Year 2019
Ceramic Building Material 1 359 Tile with mortar (Year 2019)
Ceramic Building Material 8 922 Tile (Year 2019)
Pot 1 7 Year 2019
Stone 3 1176 One with peghole, tiles, brick (Year 2019)
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  • Ben Swain 21-10-2019
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