Contexts at Pontefract Castle

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Short Description:
Bluish grey sandy clay layer under (1073)
Issued to
Nat Jackson | 02/11/2019
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Interpretation

    • Silting layer in drawbridge pit
      • Indie Jago
    • 21-8-2020

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Moderately firm
  • Blueish grey brown
  • Clayey sand
  • Occasional sandstone flecks
  • Thickness - 0.26
  • Small finds 2020: 29 Stone Medieval x1 33g Near complete cannonball with witness marks 30 Stone Medieval x1 29g Cannonball with a chunk missing
  • Hand ex

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 10 98 Year 2019
Ferrous Object 3 462 Year 2019
Pot 5 53 Year 2019
Animal Bone 116 161 Year 2020
Ceramic Building Material 2 52 One brick (Year 2020)
Ferrous Object 1 1 Year 2020
Ferrous Object 2 2 Year 2020
Pot 23 31 Year 2020
Shell 3 2 Year 2020

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: PON_190791
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    • Micro-morphology samples 23-31 from drawbridge pit. 1m scale. Looking E.
  • Photo: PON_190813
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    • Chris GPSing targets for final 3D model

Samples

  • Sample: PON_26
    • Indie Jago
    • 3-11-2019
  • Sample: PON_27
    • Indie Jago
    • 3-11-2019
  • Sample: PON_28
    • Indie Jago
    • 3-11-2019
  • Sample: PON_37
    • Chris Casswell
    • 27-7-2020

Objects

  • Find: PON_29
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    • Cannon ball
    • Stone
  • Find: PON_30
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    • Cannon ball
    • Stone

Record Details

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  • Nat Jackson 2-11-2019
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