Contexts at Pontefract Castle

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Short Description:
Brown silty fill below 1059
Issued to
Ben Swain | 23/10/2019
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Interpretation

    • Silting layer in pit, 17th century
      • Nat Jackson
    • 1-11-2019

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Soft
  • Yellowy brown
  • Sandy silt
  • Occasional small to medium stones, occasional charcoal flecks
  • Length - 1.44 Width - 2.48 Thickness- 0.42
  • Small finds 2019 16 Pot VesselPost Medieval x1 176 g Base of 17th century pot
  • Hand excavated / rainy

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 6 60 Year 2019
Animal Bone 85 461 Year 2019
Ferrous Object 1 22 Year 2019
Ferrous Object 3 31 Year 2019
Pot 4 92 Year 2019

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: PON_190211
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    • Micromorphology samples taken from contexts (1050), (1058) and (1059). Samples from left to right sample 7 (1050), Sample 8 (1050) and (1058), sample 9 (1058), sample 10 (1058) and (1059), sample 11 (1059). 0.40m scale. Looking S.

Samples

  • Sample: PON_6
    • Nat Jackson
    • 28-10-2019
  • Sample: PON_10
    • Nat Jackson
    • 29-10-2019
  • Sample: PON_11
    • Nat Jackson
    • 29-10-2019

Objects

  • Find: PON_16
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    • Base of a 17th century pot.
    • Ceramic

Record Details

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  • Ben Swain 23-10-2019
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