- Trench one
Photos
- This was a hand dug test trench with a north south orientation and initial dimensions of 15m x 4m. An area of approximately 3m by 2m in the trench’s north east corner was left unexcavated due to the presence of a tree whose roots would have disturbed any archaeology present such that the trench had a slight L shape. The trench was extended to its west a further 5m although a 1m wide baulk was left dividing this extension from the initial excavation area. Its purpose was to assess the character of the roundhouse, its relationship to the enclosure ditch, to identify any associated archaeology, stratigraphic relationships and to recover dating evidence. The stone built roundhouse visible above ground was fully revealed. To its north and northeast the trace of a circular ditch was found running just outside the circuit of the roundhouse’s stone wall which likely represents a ring gully for the structure. This ring gully was found to run under the upcast bank of the enclosure surrounding the prehistoric settlement, the bank of which was made of several phases of deposit dug from the enclosure’s ditch. Only a few features were found within the roundhouse, including a solitary stone packed post hole, a possible hearth, and a discrete deposit of potsherds within the east of the roundhouse close to its wall. The house itself had several further prehistoric and roman pot sherds found as an irregular spread from its interior. In addition a second potentially circular structure was found in the south east of the Trench 1 made visible as one quarter of a faint ring fully. This is likely to be all that remains of a further roundhouse, which was possibly earlier than the standing stone structure.
3-D Models
Plan
Section
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Section: WNF_2
- South facing section of small round feature in northeast of trench one on bank Drawn with Jenny Hart
- Emily Stammitti-Campbell
- 10-8-2018
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Section: WNF_3
- S facing section f104
- Euan Hunter
- 11-8-2018
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Section: WNF_5
- S facing section ditch 1024
- John Thurston
- 11-8-2018
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Section: WNF_7
- West facing section t1 post ex
- Mim Brigham
- 11-8-2018
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Section: WNF_8
- Post ex sections 1 e facing
- Joanne Wills
- 11-8-2018
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Section: WNF_9
- West facing section of n of t1 post ex
- Emily Stammitti-Campbell
- 11-8-2018
Features
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Feature: WNF_101
- Roundhouse 1
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Feature: WNF_102
- Ditch external to earth bank
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Feature: WNF_103
- Ring gully running nw to se
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Feature: WNF_104
- Possible pit
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Feature: WNF_105
- Post hole
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Feature: WNF_105
- Post hole
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Feature: WNF_106
- Earth Bank
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Feature: WNF_107
- Heat affected stones and charcoal - potential hearth
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Feature: WNF_108
- Ring gully - equivalent to F103 in the southwestern quarter of the trench.
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Feature: WNF_109
- Small pit containing two fills and large quantity of probable IA pottery
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Feature: WNF_110
- Possible hearth feature extending into baulk
Contexts
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Context: WNF_1001
- Topsoil - Trench one
- Emily Stammitti-Campbell
- 31-7-2018
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Context: WNF_1002
- Mid brown gravely sand in trench one
- Anita Payne
- 3-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1003
- Subsoil
- Mary Knight
- 3-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1004
- Brown fill of roundhouse in trench 1 west
- Mim Brigham
- 3-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1005
- Brown fill outside house in trench 1 east
- Lionel Ford
- 3-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1006
- Friable ditch fill in trench one
- Mary Knight
- 4-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1007
- Lower ditch fill; silty sand; blackish Brown
- Justin Vallance
- 4-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1008
- ditch fill; gravely sand; redeposited natural; orangey brown
- Mary Knight
- 4-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1009
- ditch fill; clayey silt; dark black brown
- Justin Vallance
- 4-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1010
- Stone fill of ditch
- Mary Lennox
- 5-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1011
- Stone wall of roundhouse 1
- Martin Eddy
- 5-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1012
- Layer to south of ditch
- Mim Brigham
- 8-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1013
- Re deposited natural for the embankment next to a ditch
- Caroline Courtenay-Clack
- 8-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1014
- Light brown fill in centre west of T1 East
- Anita Payne
- 8-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1015
- Linear feature at north of trench 1
- John Thurston
- 9-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1016
- Compact grey layer to the south of ditch in trench 1
- Jane Cable
- 9-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1017
- Dark fill tangential to house in t1E
- Anita Payne
- 9-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1018
- Cut for ditch filled by 1015
- John Thurston
- 9-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1019
- Possible pit
- Emily Stammitti-Campbell
- 9-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1020
- Cut of possible pit (1019)
- Ed Caswell
- 9-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1021
- Mid brown clayey silt in stone liner feature in eastern part of trench one, possible hearth, heat affected
- Stephen Fletcher
- 10-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1022
- Fill of drainage ditch around round house in trench 1 under the enclosure mound
- Martin Eddy
- 10-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1023
- Fill of ‘ghost roundhouse’ or possible drip gulley [1024]
- John Thurston
- 10-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1024
- Cut of ‘ghost roundhouse’ or possible drip gulley
- John Thurston
- 10-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1025
- Firm light yellowish brown gravely sand filling Pottery abutting stone in trench one
- Lawrence Northall
- 10-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1026
- Cut of fill 1025
- Lawrence Northall
- 10-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1027
- Fill around the large selection of pot SF44
- Lawrence Northall
- 10-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1028
- Burnt layer in bank
- James Cable
- 10-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1029
- Black brown fill in possible ditch or pit feature the embankment
- Lawrence Northall
- 11-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1030
- Possible hearth layer
- Stephen Fletcher
- 11-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1031
- fill of post hole
- Nick Hart
- 11-8-2018
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Context: WNF_1032
- cut of posthole
- Nick Hart
- 11-8-2018
- Euan Hunter 31-7-2018