Trenches at Sudeley Castle

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  • Trench 8, E-W rectangular trench targeting more of the possible structure identified in Trench 7 in 2019

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  • Located to the north of 2019 trench 7 to understand the mound and potential structure. A trench originally meant to 10m x 5m but expanded to be ... with 1m slots either side close to the tree which helped to understand the whole of the wall and truncation.

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Section

  • Section: SUD_15
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    • South facing section of wall 8005 and built up bank and rubble deposits to either side. 1:20. Sheet #2
    • Steph Duensing
    • 31-10-2021
  • Section: SUD_16
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    • West facing section of Trench 8 Northern extension. 1:10 Sheet #3
    • Ben Swain
    • 31-10-2021

Features

  • Feature: SUD_801
    • N-S aligned potential Tudor garden boundary wall. Same wall as F703
  • Feature: SUD_802
    • Tree bowl
  • Feature: SUD_803
    • Emma Dents trench

Contexts

  • Context: SUD_8001
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    • Topsoil in tr 8 mostly removed by digger
    • Chris Swindells
    • 19-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8002
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    • Subsoil/ cleaning material
    • Heath Harrison
    • 19-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8003
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    • Rubble layer with large dressed and carved stone fragments in SW quadrant of tr 8
    • Gerrit Quealy
    • 20-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8003
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    • Rubble layer with large dressed and carved stone fragments in SW quadrant of tr 8
    • Gerrit Quealy
    • 20-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8004
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    • Rubble layer visible protruding from Northern LOE central to Trench 8
    • Stroma Henderson Reid
    • 21-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8005
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    • N-S aligned wall running through centre of trench 8. Same as 7009 discovered in 2019 season
    • Christopher Lewis Holgate
    • 21-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8006
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    • Clayey silt layer in Western half of trench 8
    • Lew Toulmin
    • 21-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8007
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    • Built up mound deposit to East of wall 8005 running through the centre of trench 8
    • Trevor Warner
    • 23-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8008
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    • Cut of potential tree bowl
    • Hannah O'Toole
    • 23-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8009
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    • Fill of potential tree bowl 8008
    • Rosie O'Toole
    • 23-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8010
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    • Bank deposit with stoney inclusions beneath 8006, western wall slot
    • Barry McNicholas
    • 24-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8011
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    • Rubble layer below 8007 in Eastern Wall slot trench 8
    • Jennifer Cummins
    • 24-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8012
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    • Cut of previous trench excavated by Emma Dent
    • Sarah Bradley
    • 26-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8013
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    • Fill of wall foundation 8012 in slot to west of wall in trench 8
    • Sarah Bradley
    • 26-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8015
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    • Rubble layer in SE of trench 8
    • Abigail Morley
    • 29-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8016
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    • Natural Clay beneath wall foundations 8013
    • Chris Brown
    • 29-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8017
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    • Layer on east of wall under rubble 8015
    • Ethan Holt
    • 29-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8018
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    • Natural hard stone layer beneath natural clay 8016
    • Chris Brown
    • 30-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8019
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    • Stoney layer underneath 8006 On the W side of the wall (S slot)
    • Shauna Pinnell
    • 30-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8020
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    • A bank deposit layer under 8011 to the E of wall 8005
    • Alexis Kyriacou
    • 30-10-2021
  • Context: SUD_8021
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    • Gravelly layer under 8020 to the E of wall 8005
    • Tina Hillier
    • 30-10-2021
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