Contexts at Sudeley Castle

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Short Description:
Stoney layer on top of the mound in trench 12
Issued to
Angela Matthews | 25/10/2022
600

Interpretation

    • Possibly intentionally constructed mound, maybe through a dump of stoney material mixed with clay. This may have been a raised viewing platform on top of which there could have been an ephermeal stone structure evidenced through numerous stone roof tiles and iron nails.
      • Ben Swain
    • 30-10-2022

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Moderately compact
  • Dark greyish brown
  • Clayey silt
  • Frequent small to medium sized sub angular limestone/sandstone pieces
  • L - 12.80 W - 4.96+ T - 0.26
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  • Hand Ex/damp

Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: SUD_1202
    • The mound itself (F1202) - investigated with an L-shaped intervention that showed that it was built from a deposit of moderately compact clayey silt with frequent limestone pieces throughout, (12007), placed on top of the natural geology.

Record Details

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  • Angela Matthews 25-10-2022
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