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Short Description:
Orange brown sand bellow (1075) in drawbridge pit
Issued to
Nat Jackson | 02/11/2019
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Interpretation

    • Silting layer within drawbridge
      • David Wallace
    • 13-10-2020

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Moderately firm
  • Mid orangey brown
  • Sand
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  • Thickness - 0.16m
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Finds

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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_200015
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    • Large masonry blocks (1089) overlying drawbridge pit layers. Looking south. 1m scales.

Samples

  • Sample: PON_30
    • Indie Jago
    • 3-11-2019
  • Sample: PON_31
    • Indie Jago
    • 3-11-2019
  • Sample: PON_39
    • Chris Casswell
    • 27-7-2020

Objects

  • Find: PON_21
    • Hair Pin
  • Find: PON_36
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    • Roof tile in 1076
    • Stone
  • Find: PON_37
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    • Coin (from Flot Residue, Sample 39)
    • Silver

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  • Nat Jackson 2-11-2019
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