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Short Description:
Cut of robber trench
Issued to
Indie Jago | 22/10/2019
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Interpretation

    • Cut of Victorian robber trench, dug alongside the wall of the drawbridge pit
      • Nat Jackson
    • 23-10-2019

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Linear
  • Square
  • Length - 4.65m Width - 0.45m Depth - 0.62m
  • Sharp
  • NW-SE
  • Vertical
  • Sharp
  • Flat
  • Flat
  • Truncates fills within drawbridge put
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Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: Pon_111
    • Robber Trench

Site Photos

  • Photo: PON_193936
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    • Plan photo of pit [1049]. Start of Victorian robber trench in top left corner [1054]. Looking S. 1m scale.
  • Photo: PON_193944
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    • Photo of drawbridge pit F101. Robber trench [1054] around wall 1007 and 1060. 1m scales. Looking N.
  • Photo: PON_193947
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    • Robber trench [1054] on top of wall 1060. Facing NW. 1m scale.
  • Photo: PON_193951
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    • W facing photo after the removal of the Victorian robber trench [1054], exposing layers accumulated in drawbridge pit. 1m scale.
  • Photo: PON_193952
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    • Photo of drawbridge pit F101. With robber trench [1054] and pit [1049] removed. S facing. 1m scales.

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  • Indie Jago 22-10-2019
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