Contexts at Pontefract Castle

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Short Description:
Dark blue grey compact friable silty clay in southern part of drawbridge pit
Issued to
Nat Jackson | 30/10/2019
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Interpretation

    • Clay deposit in the southern part of drawbridge pit
      • Nat Jackson
    • 1-11-2019

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Compact friable
  • Dark blue grey
  • Silty clay
  • Occasional small stones, occasional charcoal flecks
  • Length - 2.80m Width - 2.48m Thickness - 0.44m
  • Animal burrow through context
  • Hand excavated/ fair

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 19 237 Year 2019
Animal Bone 8 14 Butchered
Pot 2 20 One base

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: PON_190008
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    • Samples taken from section 2. 1m scale. Looking E. 0004-0008. From left to right: Sample 15 (1064), sample 16 (1064) (1069), sample 19 (1068), sample 17 (1067), sample 18 (1067) (1068), sample 21 (1063) (1069), sample 20 (1069)
  • Photo: PON_191622
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    • W facing section through drawbridge pit (section 2). S end of pit. Looking E. 1m scale.
  • Photo: PON_191624
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    • W facing section through drawbridge pit (section 2). Middle of section. 1m scale. Looking E.

Samples

  • Sample: PON_14
    • Nat Jackson
    • 30-10-2019
  • Sample: PON_16
    • Nat Jackson
    • 31-10-2019
  • Sample: PON_17
    • Nat Jackson
    • 31-10-2019
  • Sample: PON_18
    • Nat Jackson
    • 31-10-2019

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