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F43B C1163B/flot Flanking ditch backfill
Flotation of 10L
of sediment produced a tiny light fraction and within the residue pottery,
CBM, hammerscale, bone (including fish) were rare while charcoal was present
a little more often.
F203B C1393B/flot Trackway gully backfill
A 30L sample
was floated producing a very small light fraction of carbonised material.
Within the small residue (weighing 640g) bone (including fish and amphibian),
hammerscale, CBM, glass and charcoal were rare and a single droplet of lead
was recovered.
F394B C1790B/flot Disturbed cremation fill
Flotation of
a 10L sample yielded a small charred light fraction. Bone, mostly calcined,
was common within the residue while unburnt small mammal and fish bones were
rare. Charcoal, CBM and hammerscale were occasional while glass was rare.
F537B C2161B/flot Ditch backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a small amount of fine charred material in the light fraction and a rather
dull residue devoid of finds but for occasional fragments of charcoal, CBM,
iron and hammerscale.
C2040B/fms Roman ploughsoil
The residue contained bone
(including fish), ferrous material, charcoal, CBM, pottery, flint and glass,
all of which were rare.
C2133B/flot Roman ploughsoil
Flotation of 10L of sediment
produced a small amount of charred material in the light fraction. In the
residue, bone was occasional, as was CBM, charcoal and coal. Pottery, vfa,
iron and hammerscale were rare.
C2205B/flot (Roman ploughsoil)
Flotation of a 10L sample
produced a small charred light fraction. Iron, slag, CBM, pottery and bone
was present in small quantities in the residue.
C2211B/flot Roman ploughsoil
Flotation of around 16L of
sediment produced a small charred light fraction.
F267F C1511F/flot Cremation burial
A 10L sample was floated
producing a small light fraction including carbonised and charred material.
The small residue totalling 369g contained occasional CBM, bone and charcoal
while corroded iron objects, pottery, carbonised seeds and hammerscale were
rare. Slag was also present.
F267F C1512F/flot Cremation burial
Flotation of a 10L sample
produced a residue containing a large number of greenish faecal concretions
and there was also a high frequency of small burnt bone fragments. Hammerscale
was present occasionally while pottery was rare.
F283F C1531F/flot Ditch
Flotation of the entire 10L sample
yielded a moderate light fraction containing uncharred organic material.
The large residue weighing 1558g contained frequent pieces of corroded iron,
at least some of which appear to be hobnails. Charcoal and CBM were more
occasional along with a single piece of mortar, pottery, glass (two fragments),
bone (including fish and amphibian), and carbonised organic matter (including
grain and twigs) were rare.
F297F C1561F/flot Gully
A 10L sample was floated and produced
a small charred light fraction. Within the residue weighing 614g, bone (including
burnt mammal), charcoal, CBM, iron and hammerscale were rare while there
were single cases of a flint waste flake and colourless glass.
F319F C1620F/flot Cremation burial
Flotation of the entire
2L sample produced a light fraction comprising a very small amount of charred
material. The residue, weighing 155g, contained occasional pottery while
bone and faecal concretions were rare.
F321F C1608F/flot Cremation burial
The entire 20L sample
was subjected to flotation producing a light fraction rich in charcoal and
also containing a small amount of uncharred modern organic material. The
residue, weighing 1337g, contained frequent fragments of calcined bone (including
a human deciduous molar) and of charcoal. Both hammerscale and iron were
present occasionally, and may have included hobnails and fitting fragments.
Unburnt bone (including small mammal) was rare, as were pottery, CBM, charred
seeds (two) and slag (one fragment).
F321F C1615F/flot Cremation burial
The entire 2L sample
was subjected to flotation producing a light fraction rich in charcoal. The
residue contained rare fragments of CBM and pottery, bone and slag; ferrous
material was noted as common
C1501F/flot (Roman ploughsoil)
The entire 10L sample was
floated producing a small amount of charred material in the light fraction.
The dried residue contained a large number faecal concretions but bone, iron
nails, slag, hammerscale and flint were otherwise rare.
F13B C1058B/cs Pit backfill
10L was coarse sieved producing
a lot of animal bone and the occasional fragment of CBM.
F13B C1064B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of a 30L sample
produced a large light fraction containing a significant quantity of charred
material including seeds and grains. The residue contained a large amount
of animal bone, including mammal, fish, amphibian and bird (some burnt) while
charcoal was more occasional. Glass, pottery, iron, slag/hammerscale, vfa
and carbonised organic (hazelnut shell) were rare. Marine mollusc shell was
observed during processing but dissolved.
F13B C1065B/flot Pit backfill
A 30L sample was subjected
to flotation and produced a significant quantity of carbonised material in
the light fraction. Detailed assessment indicated that the charcoal derived
from a number of tree taxa, including oak, ash and willow/poplar/ aspen while
oat, barley and wheat grains along with a field bean, traces of weed and
fused plant ash were also identified. The residue contained a large proportion
of animal bone, including fish and amphibian (some burnt or calcined) and
charcoal was very common. Charred organic (including hazel nutshell and grain)
was present, while CBM, vfa and slag/hammerscale were rare. Also retrieved
were a small fragment of blue decorated glass and part of a decorated loom?/fishing?
weight.
F13B C1065B/fms Pit backfill
Within the dirty residue charcoal
and bone (sometimes burnt and including fish, mammal and amphibian) were
common while hammerscale, slag, flint and iron fragments were rare. There
was a single fragment of glass.
F13B C1142B/flot Pit backfill
The entire 10L was subjected
to flotation yielding a moderate light fraction containing a fair amount
of charcoal and including burnt grain. The gravelly residue contained occasional
fragments of animal bone (some burnt) and slag/hammerscale, while CBM, charcoal,
vfa and blue glass were rare.
F13B C1142B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a moderate amount of charcoal in the light fraction. The residue contained
frequent animal bone while CBM, and hammerscale were occasional. Charcoal
and vfa occurred rarely and slag was also present.
F13B C1142B/fms Pit backfill
The 252g residue produced
frequent fragments of bone while CBM was rare. Charcoal and iron occurred
occasionally.
F13B C1142B/fms Pit backfill
Within the residue bone (sometimes
burnt, mostly unidentifiable) was common while CBM, charcoal and ferrous
material were occasional.
F13B C1143B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of a 10L sample
produced a moderate light fraction largely comprising charcoal. The residue
contained occasional bone fragments, some calcined, including cattle, caprovid
and pig. A small amount of CBM, slag and hammerscale was also recovered along
with some burnt clay.
F13B C1144B/flot Pit backfill
A 20L sample was floated
producing a large light fraction comprising carbonised material including
charred seeds and grains. Detailed assessment identified oak charcoal along
with traces if charred cereal grains which included oat, barley and wheat
along with fused plant ash. The residue also contained a high proportion
of carbonised matter along with less frequent fragments of animal bone (some
burnt). Slag, hammerscale, iron and pottery (Samian ware) were rare.
F13B C1144B/fms Pit backfill
Charcoal and bone (including
fish and amphibian) occurred occasionally in the residue, burnt grain, ferrous
material (including hammerscale) and CBM more rarely.
F13B C1145B/flot? Pit backfill
Within the sorted residue
charcoal and bone (including caprovid and fish) were common while hammerscale
was rare.
F13B C1145B/flot Pit backfill
The residue weighed 856g
and contained frequent animal bone, occasional CBM and charcoal while slag
and hammerscale were rare.
F13B C1146B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of a 10L sample
produced a moderate light fraction of carbonised matter including seeds.
The residue contained frequent fish, amphibian, mammal and bird bone, occasional
hammerscale and slag while CBM was rare.
F13B C1147B/flot Pit backfill
The entire 30L sample was
subjected to flotation producing a very large amount of charred matter including
seeds, grains and lumps of charcoal. Detailed assessment identified plant
ash, oak and hazel/alder charcoal along with charred grains of oat, barley
and wheat. The residue (which weighed 670g) contained animal bone (including
fish, small mammal and a cattle mandible), charcoal and more rarely, hammerscale,
slag, iron and CBM. Also found was a small fragment of a bone comb and a
piece of charred hazelnut shell.
F13B C1147B/fms Pit backfill
The residue weighed 1600g
and contained occasional fragments of charcoal and animal bone (including
fish, bird, amphibian, small mammal and burnt) but otherwise iron, hammerscale,
vfa and mortar/plaster were rare, and there were single cases of nutshell,
flint and glass.
F13B C1148B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of a 30L sample
produced a small amount of carbonised material in the light fraction. Within
the residue, bone, particularly of amphibian, was occasional while hammerscale,
charcoal, pottery and CBM were rare.
F13B C1881B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 20L produced
a high yield of carbonised material, including seeds and grains and also
some uncharred seeds and grains in the light fraction. A 10L sample was retained
for further analysis. Within the residue charcoal was common, bone (including
fish, amphibian, mammal and sometimes burnt) was occasional and CBM, hammerscale,
charred and uncharred seeds were rare.
F13B C1881B/T Pit backfill
Laboratory flotation produced
a small washover containing oak charcoal, charred hazelnut shell, cereal,
barley, wheat and possible rye. Mineralised fly puparia were also observed.
F13B C1881B/fms Pit backfill
The residue was very dirty
and contained a lot of fine material. Bone (including fish and amphibian),
charred organic (nutshell and grain), iron and hammerscale were rare. Slag
and flint were also present.
F13B C1904B/flot Pit backfill
A 20L sample of sediment
was floated producing a high yield of carbonised material and also some possible
uncharred seeds and grains. 10L of sediment was retained for further analysis.
The residue contained frequent charcoal, occasional bone and some hammerscale,
slag, and rare amounts of pottery.
F13B C1904B/T Pit backfill
Laboratory assessment of a 3kg
sample produced oak charcoal and the charred remains of hazelnut shell, barley
and possible oat as well as mineralised fly puparia.
F13B C1904B/fms Pit backfill
The residue was very dirty
and found to contain frequent charcoal and animal bone (fish, amphibian and
calcined) and rare amounts of burnt grain, iron and hammerscale.
F13B C1908B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of a 30L sample
produced a small amount of carbonised material in the light fraction. Within
the residue bone (including fish, amphibian, bird and mammal, sometimes burnt),
charcoal and CBM were occasional while hammerscale, slag and flint were rare.
There were single instances of carbonised seed and glass.
F13B C1913B/flot Pit backfill
20L of sediment was floated
producing a light fraction with a high yield of carbonised material including
seeds and grains along with frequent uncharred organic matter including further
seeds and grains. A 10L sample was retained for further analysis. More detailed
assessment identified oak and alder charcoal along with charred oat and barley
grains. Within the residue, charcoal was very common and bone (including
fish, amphibian and mammal, sometimes burnt) was common. Marine mollusc was
observed occasionally while hammerscale, iron object and uncharred seed husks
were rare. There was also a fragment of bone comb.
F46B C1167B/flot Well backfill
A 20L sample was floated
yielding a large amount of carbonised material, including seeds and grain,
accompanied by some uncharred modern material. Within the residue, charcoal,
bone, CBM and daub were occasional while hammerscale was rare. There were
single fragments each of lead and glass.
F143B C1285B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of a 10L sample
produced little in the way of a light fraction. In the residue, CBM was occasional
while bone (including fish), hammerscale, slag and charcoal were more rare.
F143B C1534B/flot Pit backfill
The entire context, totalling
2L was floated producing a small light fraction of fine charcoal. The residue
contained small amounts of charcoal, hammerscale, CBM and bone (including
fish).
F143B C1535B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of a 10L sample
produced a small light fraction of carbonised material. Bone and hammerscale
were present in the residue.
F164B C1337B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 20L produced
a moderate light fraction containing fine charred material and possible seeds.
The residue contained frequent amounts of animal bone (including fish and
pig) and charcoal, while CBM and spherical and flat hammerscale were more
occasional. Slag was also recovered.
F164B C1340B/flot Pit backfill
The entire 10L sample was
floated producing a small amount of charred matter in the light fraction.
Bone (some burnt) was occasionally present in the residue, while hammerscale,
iron objects, CBM and charcoal were more rare.
F164B C1341B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of a 30L sample
produced a very large amount of charred matter in the light fraction. In
the residue, which weighed 2500g, bone (including fish, amphibian, bird and
small and large mammal) was common as was charcoal, while ceramic (possibly
the remains of a mould) and hammerscale was more occasional. Mollusc, mortar,
CBM and slag were all rare. There was a single coin.
F164B C1341B/fms Pit backfill
The residue contained frequent
bone fragments and rare CBM. Slag, hammerscale, iron objects charcoal, glass
and flint were also present.
F225B C1491B/flot Bonfire kiln backfill
A 10L sample was
floated producing a large light fraction with some carbonised seeds. The
residue contained a single iron object. Detailed assessment of the washover
identified oak charcoal, fused plant ash, charred hazelnut shell and poorly
preserved cereal grains.
F225B C1491B/fms Bonfire kiln backfill
Within the residue
weighing 733g charcoal and animal bone (including fish, mammal and burnt)
were common, CBM was occasional and ferrous material and pottery were rare.
There was a single nutshell, flint and piece of glass.
F225B C1493B/flot Bonfire kiln backfill
Flotation of 10L
produced a moderate light fraction of carbonised material and modern rootlets.
Occasional bone was observed in the residue while CBM and pottery were rare.
F225B C1493B/fms Bonfire kiln backfill
The residue contained
occasional animal bone (including fish) while CBM, charcoal and hammerscale
were rare.
F225B C1494B/flot Bonfire kiln backfill
Flotation of 20L
yielded a large light fraction of carbonised material which included seeds
and bark. Detailed assessment of this material identified oak charcoal but
also clasts of burnt bread and possible burnt peat. Fragments of loom weight,
occasionally burnt, comprised around 50% of the residue, while animal bone
(including cattle, pig and fish) and daub, again, occasionally burnt, along
with charcoal were common. Hammerscale was more occasional while pottery,
slag, iron and vfa were rare.
F225B C1494B/fms Bonfire kiln backfill
A small residue
weighing 344g produced frequent CBM, bone (including bird, mammal and commonly
calcined) and occasional charcoal. There was also some slag.
F241B C1516B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of a 10L
sample produced a large amount of charred material in the light fraction.
The residue contained animal bone.
F241B C1517B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L producing
a lot of carbonised material (including grain) in the light fraction, along
with possible uncharred wood. Detailed assessment observed fused plant ash,
mineralised plant seeds and embryos, fly puparia and earth worm capsules
as well as possible faecal concretions and fish bone. Within the residue
bone was common (including fish and shrew), as was charcoal. CBM was present
occasionally while mortar and hammerscale were both rare.
F241B C1517B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
frequent animal bone while CBM and pottery were very rare. Slag, hammerscale,
iron objects, charcoal, flint, fossil and seeds were also present.
F241B C1518B/flot Cess pit backfill
A 10L sample was processed
through flotation producing a small light fraction largely comprising charred
material but with one or two possible pieces of insect chitin. 10L was therefore
retained for further analysis. The residue contained a small amount of bone
(including fish) and hammerscale.
F241B C1518B/T Cess pit backfill
A 3L sample was subjected
to laboratory flotation producing a small washover with some moderate sized
fragments of oak charcoal. The residue comprised sand, gravel and cobbles
and contained some bone (including fish) possible faecal concretions, fused
plant ash and the charred remains of hazel nut shell, oat, cereal and possible
wheat grains.
F241B C1518B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue yielded
occasional fragments of bone (including herring, eel, fish, amphibian and
mammal) while other components such as pottery, CBM, glass, charcoal, ferrous
material (including iron objects, slag and hammerscale) and charred organic
(including grain and nutshell) were present more rarely. There was a single
copper alloy object.
F241B C1526B / flot Cess pit backfill
30L was floated producing a light fraction containing a moderate amount of
small charcoal fragments. Charcoal was common within the residue and there
were large numbers of animal bones, particularly of small mammals although
cattle, pig, caprovid, goose, bird, fish and amphibians were also represented.
CBM was occasional while pottery, hammerscale, and faecal concretions were
rare.
F241B C1526B/fms Cess pit backfill
Charcoal was common,
bone (including fish) occasional while pottery, iron and hammerscale were
rare. Slag and glass were also recovered.
F241B C1531B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a small amount of fine charred material and modern rootlets. Within the residue,
bone (including mammal, bird, fish and amphibian) was common as was charcoal.
Pottery (including greyware), hammerscale and charred organic were more rare
while there was a single piece of glass.
F241B C1531B/fms Cess pit backfill
Charcoal was very common
within the residue while bone (including mammal, fish, amphibian) was common.
Glass, hammerscale and CBM were rare and slag was also present
F241B C1533B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a rather small carbonised light fraction with a few possible burnt seeds.
Artefacts, comprising bone (including fish), charcoal and hammerscale were
present only rarely in the residue.
F246B C1543B/flot Hearth fill
30L of sediment was processed
by flotation producing a moderate sized light fraction of carbonised material.
Within the residue, bone (including fish and bird), charcoal, CBM, and hammerscale
were occasional while there were single instances of a bone pin fragment
and a carbonised hazelnut shell
F273B C1645B/flot Cess pit backfill
A sample of c. 20L
of sediment was floated producing a large amount of charcoal including possible
burnt seeds. The gravelly residue (weighing 460g) contained frequent fragments
of animal bone (including fish and small mammal) and more occasional CBM
and charcoal. Hammerscale and slag were rare and there were single fragments
of glass, iron nail and of Samian ware.
F273B C1645B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue, which weighed
245g contained frequent fragments of charcoal while bone (including fish,
mammal and burnt) was occasional and both pottery and CBM rare.
F273B C2093B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a lot of charcoal in the light fraction and left a residue in which bone
(including fish and mammal, occasionally burnt) was common. Charcoal was
present occasionally while hammerscale and pottery were rare. There was a
single piece of blue glass. Detailed assessment identified plant ash, charred
bread or bark as well as traces of oat, bread and other wheat and barley
while crushed fish bone as well as possible faecal concretions were also
present.
F273B C2093B/fms Cess pit backfill
In the residue (total
weight 262g), bone (including fish and caprovid) and charcoal occurred occasionally
while CBM, mollusc and ferrous material were more rare.
F273B C2094B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of around
6L of sediment produced a small amount of carbonised material. The residue
contained frequent animal bone (including fish) and occasional fragments
of charcoal, CBM and hammerscale.
F273B C2095B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 15L of
sediment produced a small carbonised light fraction. Bone (including mamma,
fish and small mammal) was common in the residue (which weighed 865g), hammerscale
was occasional while charcoal, CBM, pottery and organic material, such as
wood and a seed, rare.
F273B C2095B/fms Cess pit backfill
Within the sorted residue
bone (including mammal, fish and amphibian) was occasional as was charcoal
and seeds (including cherry and apple, some of which had been burnt and others
appeared digested). Iron, hammerscale and vfa occurred more rarely.
F273B C2096B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of a 15L
sample yielded a moderate amount of charcoal and one or two burnt grains
in the light fraction. Within the residue, animal bone (including mammal,
fish and amphibian) was common while CBM, pottery, slag, iron and hammerscale
were rare. There was a single fragment of glass and an iron object. Flint
and charcoal were also present.
F273B C2096B/fms Cess pit backfill
The large dirt residue
was half sorted. Bone (including fish, bird) was occasional, hammerscale
and charcoal rare.
F273B C2103B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 25L produced
a moderate amount of charcoal and burnt grain in the light fraction. The
residue contained a large number of faecal concretions and animal bones (including
fish, mammal and calcined fragments). Charcoal and CBM were occasional while
charred and uncharred seeds, along with pottery, flint, iron and hammerscale,
were rare.
F273BC2104B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 25L of
sediment produced a light fraction containing a lot of uncharred organic
material all of which appears to be modern contaminant. In the gravelly residue
weighing 1460g, bone and charcoal were rare and there were single snail shells
and burnt grain.
F273B C2104B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue had a greenish
faecal appearance and a large number of faecal concretions were present.
Bone (including fish, amphibian and small mammal) was common while charcoal,
charred grains, ferrous material and CBM were rare.
F351B C1763B / flot Pit backfill
A total
of 30L was processed through flotation producing a moderate light fraction
of charred material. Within the residue bone (including fish, amphibian,
bird and mammal) was common while hammerscale was rare. There were single
cases of glass and snail shell.
F351B C1763B/fms Pit backfill
The residue (weighing 2050g)
contained occasional charcoal, CBM and bone (including fish, amphibian and
mammal), while charred organic (including grain and nutshell),glass, iron
and hammerscale were rare.
F351B C2108B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a small amount of charcoal and modern plant matter in the light fraction.
Pottery and bone were rare within the residue.
F351B C2108B/fms Pit backfill
The residue contained rare
amounts of bone (including fish), carbonised grain, charcoal, CBM and ferrous
material.
F351B C2113B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a moderate charred light fraction. The residue weighed 1380g, in which bone
(including fish, amphibian, small mammal, mammal and dog) was occasional
while CBM, pottery, vfa, iron, hammerscale, uncharred seeds and charcoal
were rare. There were two pieces of glass and single cases of a lead strip
and a burnt grain.
F351B C2114B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 30L yielded
a moderate amount of carbonised material in the light fraction, including
burnt grain. Within the very gravelly residue, bone (including amphibian,
mammal and especially fish) was common while CBM, glass, iron, hammerscale
and charred seeds were rare.
F351B C2114B/fms Pit backfill
The residue contained frequent
fragments of charcoal and animal bone (including fish, mammal and calcined)
while CBM, green glazed pottery, iron, hammerscale, glass (colourless and
yellow) and charred organic (grain, bean and nutshell) were rare.
F351B C2115B/fms Pit backfill
The residue produced rare
amounts of pottery, bone (including fish, mammal and burnt fragments), charcoal,
CBM and ferrous material.
F353B C1449B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 30L yielded
a large amount of carbonised material. Within the residue, bone (including
fish and amphibian) was common while CBM and charcoal were occasional. Hammerscale,
slag, iron objects and charred organic material (including nutshell) were
rare, and there were several fragments of glass.
F353B C1449B/fms Pit backfill
The residue contained occasional
charcoal, iron, hammerscale and animal bone (including fish, amphibian and
mammal and sometimes burnt), rare charred seeds, two fragments of glass and
a single bit of flint.
F353B C1772B/flot Pit backfill
A 10L sample was processed
through flotation yielding a small light fraction containing charred grains.
The gravel and pebble residue contained occasional faecal concretions, CBM
and charcoal with bone (including fish and amphibian),eggshell, seeds and
hammerscale, occurring more rarely.
F353B C1772B/fms Pit backfill
All of the components within
the residue were rare and comprised bone (including fish, amphibian and mammal),
iron, hammerscale, CBM, charcoal and mollusc (oyster).
F359B C1855B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 10L yielded
a small amount of charcoal in the light fraction. The residue contained hammerscale
and both animal bone and pottery were rare.
F359B C1866B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of a 10L sample
produced a very small amount of charcoal in the light fraction. The residue
contained occasional bones (including fish) and charcoal, hammerscale, iron
and charred organic (including grain and apple seeds) were rare. There was
a single piece of glass and two pieces of copper alloy.
F381B C1846B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L of
sediment produced a large light fraction of charred material including burnt
grains and seeds. Animal bone (including fish, small mammal and amphibian
and sometimes burnt) was very common in the residue and charcoal was also
well-represented. Hammerscale, slag and CBM occurred more occasionally while
pottery was rare.
F381B C1847B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of a 30L
sample yielded a large volume of charcoal in the light fraction and included
burnt grain. Within the residue (weighing 1445g) bone (including fish, amphibian
and mammal) was common and, occasionally burnt; burnt daub, CBM and possible
mould fragments were occasional while iron, slag, hammerscale, charcoal and
uncharred seeds (two) were rare. There was a single piece of worked bone.
F381B C1848B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a large light fraction of charred material including burnt grains and seeds.
Within the residue bone (including fish, bird, mammal and amphibian) was
common while burnt daub, hammerscale and charcoal was occasional. There were
two fragments each of glass and iron nail and a single sherd of shelly ware.
Slag and worked stone were also present.
F381B C1849B/T Cess pit backfill
Laboratory of a 3kg sample
produced a small amount of charcoal with a residue of sand and olive coloured
concretion (which contained no worm eggs). Traces of mineralised seeds/embryos.
F381B C1849B/flot Cess pit backfill
30L was floated giving
rise to a light fraction with abundant charcoal and frequent burnt seeds
and grains. The residue, weighing 1400g, contained frequent fragments of
animal bone (including mammal, fish and amphibian with some calcined) and
CBM with charcoal and burnt daub occurring more occasionally. Pottery (green
glazed), oyster shells, hammerscale, slag and glass were rare.
F381B C1850B/flot Cess pit backfill
A 30L sample was subjected
to flotation producing a large light fraction of charcoal, burnt grain and
seeds. Detailed assessment identified oak charcoal, hazelnut shell, barley,
rye and oat along with possible fragments of bread, fused plant ash, faecal
concretion and mineralised seeds. Bone was common, CBM occasional and hammerscale
and pottery were present in the residue which largely comprised charcoal
fragments.
F381B C1851B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a large light fraction of charred material including burnt grain. Detailed
assessment indicated the presence of oak and ash charcoal along with fused
plant ash, charred oat, barley and wheat, hazelnut and bread fragments. Faecal
concretions and mineralised seeds and fly puparia were also present. The
residue contained occasional bone (including fish and sometimes calcined),
hammerscale, charcoal and CBM. There was a single piece of copper alloy and
pottery and seeds were rare. Slag, flint and daub were also present.
F381B C1851B/fms Cess pit backfill
Within the residue bone
(including fish, amphibian, mammal and burnt fragments) and charcoal were
common, iron and hammerscale were occasional, while charred and uncharred
seeds, CBM and lead occurred more rarely. Slag and fossils were also present.
F381B C1852B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a light fraction containing a moderate amount of charcoal and some possible
burnt seeds. Within the residue bone (including fish, horse, caprovid and
pig), charcoal and hammerscale were occasional and iron was rare.
F381B C1853B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 20L produced
a light fraction containing a high proportion of carbonised material along
with some uncharred seeds. A 10L sub-sample was retained for further analysis.
Charcoal was common in the residue (which weighted 760g in total), while
CBM and bone (including fish, bird and mammal and sometimes calcined) were
occasional. Mollusc, slag and hammerscale occurred rarely and there was a
single drop of glass.
F381B C1853B/T Cess pit backfill
Laboratory flotation of
a 3kg sub-sample produced a moderate amount of charcoal, some identified
as ash along with barley and possible wheat. Evidence for faecal material
comprised concretions (much of it bone-rich) with mineralised fly puparia
and seeds (including apple) as well as traces of eggs of the intestinal worm Trichuris .
F381B C1858B/flot Cess pit backfill
In total, a 30L sample
was subjected to flotation and produced a moderate amount of charred material
in the light fraction along with some burnt grain but also some uncharred
organic matter. The residue of 10L was kept wet and not sorted and a further
10L was retained for further analysis. The residue of a 20L was dry-sorted,
containing frequent faecal concretions, fragments of animal bone (including
fish, amphibian and small mammal) and seeds (both charred and uncharred)
as well as, more rarely, hammerscale, slag, iron, plaster and CBM.
F381B C1858B/T Cess pit backfill
A 3kg sub-sample was subjected
to laboratory flotation and produced evidence for faeces in the form of bone-rich
concretions, mineralised seeds, worm eggs and fly puparia as well as moderate
numbers of Trichuris intestinal
worm eggs. Barley was also identified.
F381B C1858B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
occasional bone, and more rarely, CBM, seeds, glass and hammerscale.
F381B C1859B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of a 20L
sample produced a light fraction mostly comprising fish bone. Within the
residue charcoal was occasional while bone (including fish, bird and amphibian),
hammerscale, CBM, and uncharred organic material (including apple seeds)
were rare. A large number of faecal concretions were also recorded.
F381B C1859B/fms Cess pit backfill
Bone (including fish,
amphibian and mammal), CBM and hammerscale were all rare.
F381B C1860B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a residue containing a large amount of charred material and occasional land
snails. Within the residue (total weight =585g) bone (including fish, mammal
and burnt), and charcoal were common, CBM appeared occasionally while molluscs,
slag and hammerscale were rare.
F381B C2049B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
frequent animal bone and charcoal, while CBM was rare. Slag and iron objects
were also present.
F381B C2054B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a moderate light fraction comprising charcoal and burnt grain and seeds.
Within the residue, CBM and hammerscale were common, bone occasional and
glass was rare. There were two pieces of lead and a fragment of flint.
F381B C2054B/fms Cess pit backfill
In the residue, CBM
and bone fragments (including fish and burnt) were common while iron and
slag were occasional. Charred and uncharred seeds and glass were rare.
F381B C2062B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a charred light fraction containing carbonised seeds. Within the residue
bone (including amphibian and fish), CBM and hammerscale were occasional
while slag, iron and charcoal were rare.
F381B C2062B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
occasional fragments of bone (including fish and small mammal) and charcoal
while hammerscale, charred and uncharred seeds, CBM and glass were rare.
F381B C2063B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a small amount of charred matter including burnt grain. The residue (weighing
1850g) contained occasional charcoal, CBM and bone (including fish) while
hammerscale, flint, pottery and daub were rare.
F381B C2063B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
occasional charcoal and animal bone (including fish and amphibian) while
iron and hammerscale, charred and uncharred seeds plus a flint flake, were
rare.
F388B C1845B/flot Pit backfill
A 20L sample was floated
producing a small charred light fraction. A considerable quantity of charred
material, including charred grain, was recovered.
F402B C1883B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a large amount of charcoal
F408B C1906B/flot Pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a large amount of carbonised material in the light fraction, including burnt
seeds and grain. Detailed assessment highlighted evidence for thatch in the
form of sedge nutlets and wetlands plants as well as impressions of monocotyledonous
plant leaves on charred clasts. Charred oat (including the awn), barley (including
rachis) and wheat were also present, and these, along with chaff, could have
been imported with straw, possibly for thatching. In the residue, charcoal
was very common, bone (including fish and sometimes burnt) was occasional,
CBM, burnt grains and seeds and hammerscale were rare.
F408B C1911B Pit
Laboratory analysis of a 3kg sample produced
a small amount of charcoal and unidentified seeds and grains. Within the
sandy residue CBM was rare, as was bone (some calcined) and slag/hammerscale.
F427B C1922B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a light fraction containing charcoal and carbonised seeds. Within the residue,
bone (including fish, amphibian and mammal) was rare, as were mollusc, charcoal,
pottery and CBM. Hammerscale was more occasional while flint and faecal concretion
was also present.
F427B C1922B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
occasional charcoal, iron and hammerscale while CBM was rare and there were
single examples of fish bone, glass, fossil and a bead.
F427BC1936B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a light fraction comprising a moderate amount of charred and uncharred organic
matter including seeds and grains. A further 10L was retained for analysis.
The residue, which was kept wet and not sorted, contained a large amount
of faecal concretions (but see C1936/T) and a bone comb fragment. Charcoal
and bone (including fish) were also observed.
F427B C1936B/T Cess pit backfill
Laboratory flotation of
a 3kg sample produced a small amount of fine charcoal along with charred
wheat grains. The large residue comprised gravel and olive concreted material
containing some unburnt bone although a squash sample failed to produce any
worm eggs that might otherwise indicate a faecal element in the concreted
material.
F427B C2089B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of a 6L sample
produced a small amount of charcoal in the light fraction. The residue contained
a lot of crusty, greenish and biscuity faecal concretions. Bone was occasional.
F427B C2090B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a small amount of possible uncharred organic material in the light fraction.
The residue contained occasional animal bone while faecal concretions and
charcoal were also present.
F427B C2091B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L yielded
a small amount of charcoal in the light fraction. The residue, which had
a greenish biscuity faecal matrix, contained occasional bone (including bird
and fish) while charcoal and hammerscale were rare.
F427B C2092B/T Cess pit backfill
Laboratory flotation of
a 3kg sub-sample produced a small washover of charcoal. The moderate to large
residue comprised gravel and olive coloured concretion, a squash of which
suggested organic content but intestinal worm eggs indicative of faecal material
were absent. Traces of mineral-replaced seeds and of bone were observed.
F437B C1944B/flot Cess pit backfill
A 30L sample was floated
to produce a light fraction containing a moderate amount of charred material
including grains and seeds along with one or two small bones. More detailed
assessment of this washover identified the charred remains of oat, cereal
and possible wheat. The residue was rather sterile, containing rare amounts
of bone (sometimes burnt), charcoal, CBM, pottery and slag.
F442B C1951B/flot Cess pit backfill
A 30L sample was subjected
to flotation producing a lot of charred material in the light fraction, including
charred grain. Detailed assessment of the washover fraction identified oak
charcoal, barley and weed seeds along with hazelnut shell. Within the residue,
which weighed 921g, bone (including fish and mammal, sometimes calcined)
and charcoal were common, CBM and hammerscale were occasional and pottery
and plaster were rare. There were single cases of a green glass bead, and
iron pin and a fragment of slag.
F442B C1951B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
occasional fragments of CBM and ferrous material (including iron, slag and
wire) while charcoal and animal bone (mostly unidentifiable) were common.
There was a single carbonised nutshell.
F442B C2004B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L of
sediment produced a moderate charred light fraction. Charcoal and slag were
common in the residue while bone (including fish, amphibian and mammal) and
hammerscale were occasional.
F442B C2004B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
frequent animal bone and hammerscale while CBM and iron were rare. Slag and
charcoal were also present.
F442B C2011B/flot Cess pit backfill
A sample of 30L of
sediment was floated yielding a moderate light fraction of charred matter
which included burnt grain. Within the residue, charcoal and bone (including
fish and small mammal and sometimes burnt) were occasional while CBM, pottery
and hammerscale were rare. Slag and iron objects were also present.
F442B C2024B/flot Cess pit backfill
30L was floated to
produce a moderate light fraction of charred matter including burnt grain.
The residue contained a lot of animal bone and hammerscale was also present.
F442B C2026B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a small amount of charcoal in the light fraction. Charcoal was common within
the gravelly residue (weighing 605g), but bone, CBM (including fish) and
hammerscale were otherwise rare.
F458B C1973B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L of
sediment produced a moderate light fraction of carbonised material including
one or two burnt grains. The residue contained frequent bone while pottery
and CBM were rare. Glass, slag and hammerscale were also present.
F458B C1973B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue had a slightly
greenish tinge suggestive of a cess component. Animal bone (including fish,
amphibian and mammal) was common, charcoal occurred occasionally while CBM
and ferrous material, including iron and hammerscale, was rare. There was
a single purple glass bead and a carbonised seed.
F458B C1974B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a very small carbonised light fraction. The residue had a greenish tinge,
possibly indicating a cess component. Bone (including fish and mammal) was
occasional while iron, CBM, mollusc and seeds occurred more rarely. Worm
casts were common and there was a single tiny fragment of glass.
F458B C1974B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue (total weight
3809g), of which 50% was sorted, contained very rare quantities of bone,
pottery, charcoal, glass and hammerscale.
F458B C2030B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of a 30L
sample produced a small light fraction of charred material, including grain.
Bone, pottery and hammerscale occurred rarely in the residue and charcoal
was also present.
F458B C2030B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
rare bone, hammerscale, glass and seeds.
F458B C2031B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a small amount of charcoal in the light fraction. Charcoal was occasional
in the residue but CBM, bone (including fish), oyster shell, pottery, CBM,
slag and hammerscale were all rare. A greenish tinge to the residue implied
a faecal component.
F458B C2031B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
rare amounts of bone (including fish and small mammal), ferrous material,
seeds and charcoal.
F458B C2032B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a tiny light fraction of charred material. The residue was very gravelly
with some greenish concreted lumps, which could have been faecal material.
Charcoal was occasional while CBM, mollusc and glass were rare.
F458B C2041B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 20L produced
a very small charred light fraction. Within the residue, charcoal was occasional
while bone (including fish and sometimes burnt), pottery, CBM and hammerscale
were rare. There were single cases of charred seed and flint.
F458B C2041B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue. Weighing
1044g, had a greenish tinge suggestive of faecal material. Charcoal was occasional
while bone (including bird and mammal), CBM, vfa, flint, slag, glass and
mollusc occurred rarely.
F458B C2043B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a large amount of charcoal and some charred grain in the light fraction.
Detailed assessment identified some of the charcoal as oak while oat, barley
and wheat were also observed. Bone (including fish, amphibian and mammal,
occasionally burnt) was very common within the residue (which weighed 2208g)
while daub, oyster shell and charcoal were more occasional. Slag and hammerscale
were rare and there were single pieces of iron nail, glass and lead.
F458B C2055B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 20L of
sediment produced a small light fraction comprising charcoal and one or two
burnt grains. Bone (including fish), CBM, pottery, iron and hammerscale were
rare within the residue (total weight =1493g) along with two pieces of lead
and two charred seeds.
F458B C2055B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
rare amounts of bone (including bird and fish), charred grain, charcoal,
CBM, oyster, and ferrous material.
F520B C1811B/flot Cess pit backfill
A sample of 30L was
subjected to flotation producing a large light fraction of charred material
including burnt grain. Detailed assessment identified oat and wheat. Bone
(including mammal, fish and amphibian), hammerscale and lead were occasional
within the residue, while glass and charred organic matter (including nutshell
and seeds) were more rare. Slag, iron objects and an amber bead were also
present.
F520B C1820B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
occasional animal bone (including fish, amphibian, mammal and sometimes burnt),
slag, hammerscale, iron, CBM and charcoal. There were single fragments of
Samian ware, copper alloy and iron pyrites, two fragments of glass and four
lead dribbles.
F520B C2120B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a large charred light fraction with burnt grain identified during detailed
assessment as barley with oat and hazelnut shell also present. Bone (including
fish, amphibian and small mammal) was common in the residue, as was charcoal.
Iron, slag and hammerscale occurred occasionally and charred organic (including
nutshell and seed) and pottery were rare. There were one or two pieces of
lead.
F520B C2122B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 20L produced
a moderate light fraction of charred material and burnt grain. The residue
contained occasional iron and hammerscale while bone and charred organic
material (nutshell and seed) were rare. Slag was also present.
F520B C2128B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L produced
a small amount of charred material in the light fraction. The residue weighing
2420g contained fragments of bone, while CBM, pottery, plaster, slag, hammerscale,
a flint flake and a seed were rare.
F520B C2128B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue, weighing
980g, contained occasional bone fragments (including mammal, fish and amphibian)
while CBM, mollusc, slag, hammerscale, iron, lead, pottery and both charred
and uncharred seeds were rare. Three was a single piece of copper alloy and
several fossils that might have been used as beads.
F520B C2129B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 30L of
sediment produced a small light fraction of charred material. Animal bone,
some burnt (including amphibian, fish and mammal), charcoal, iron, hammerscale
and CBM were present occasionally in the residue and there was a single fragment
of lead and flint. Pottery was rare.
F546B C2175B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a moderate charred light fraction which included burnt grain. The residue
contained CBM, bone and hammerscale.
F546B C2194B / flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced a carbonised light fraction of moderate size which
included some burnt grain. Within the residue (weighing 417g), charcoal,
bone and hammerscale were occasional while CBM, slag and vfa were rare.
F546B C2195B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 40L produced
a light fraction containing a lot of carbonised material but also some uncharred
organic matter. A 10L sample was retained for further analysis. The residue
contained frequent fragments of animal bone (including amphibian, fish and
mammal, some burnt), and occasional pottery while hammerscale, iron and charred
seeds were rare. There was a single flint flake and two fragments of glass.
Burnt clay was also present.
F546B C2195B/fms Cess pit backfill
The residue contained
animal bone, hammerscale and two charred grains.
F546B C2198B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 20L produced
a moderate light fraction of charred material, including seeds and grain.
Detailed assessment identified oak and hazel charcoal as well as hazelnut
shell, barley, wheat and possibly oat and burnt bread. Within the residue
(weighing 620g) animal bone, charcoal and CBM were occasional. Pottery, mortar,
iron, hammerscale, and slag were rare.
F546B C2200B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L of
sediment produced a small charred light fraction which included burnt grain.
The gravelly residue (weighing 884g) contained rare quantities of bone (including
fish), iron, hammerscale, flint charcoal two small circular objects and a
single piece of green glass.
F546B C2201B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a moderate light fraction containing burnt grain. Within the gravelly residue
artefacts were rare, and included bone (fish, amphibian, cattle), CBM, pottery,
charcoal, iron, slag and hammerscale.
F557B C2217B/flot Cess pit backfill
Flotation of 10L produced
a moderate light fraction of charcoal and fine charred material. In the residue
animal bone and pottery were occasional, CBM rare. Hammerscale and slag were
also present.
F64F C1120F/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a light
fraction containing a lot of charred material including burnt grains. Detailed
assessment identified these as barley. There were some uncharred plant remains
and also possible insects, resulting in the retention of a 10L sample for
further analysis. Within the residue, which weighed 704g, animal bone (including
mammal, amphibian and small mammal) was very common while charcoal occurred
frequently. Pottery, CBM, iron objects, slag and hammerscale tended to be
rare.
F64F C1126F/flot Pit
Flotation of 20L produced a small
charred light fraction along with some modern rootlets. The residue, which
mostly comprised hard clay lumps, weighed 1712g and contained occasional
fragments of animal bone (including fish, bird, amphibian and mammal) while
pottery, iron, slag, hammerscale, fossils, uncharred seeds and flint flakes
were rare. Evidence for iron panning was observed but not retained.
F64F C1338F/flot Pit
A 10L sediment sample was floated
producing a small amount of charred and uncharred matter, the latter including
fly puparia and other possible insect remains. . A 10L sample was retained
for further analysis. Because of the presence of uncharred organic matter,
the residue was kept wet but was seen to contain glass bead fragments (one
removed), bone, and loom weight fragments.
F64F C1338F/T Pit
Laboratory assessment of a 3kg sample
produced a very small washover of charcoal. Within the dried residue CBM,
daub, charcoal and coal were recorded as rare while bone was occasional.
F64F C1339F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a moderate amount of charred material and some, possibly modern, uncharred
organic matter. A 10L sample was retained for further analysis and the residue,
which contained a lot of animal bone, was kept wet and not sorted.
F64F C1344F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample yielded
a large amount of charred matter and some uncharred organic material, leading
to the retention of a 10L sample for further analysis. The residue, which
was kept wet and not sorted, was observed to contain a high proportion of
charcoal and animal bone. Detailed assessment found no evidence for uncharred
remains in the washover while the burnt grain was too poorly preserved to
be identified beyond > cereal = . Some of
the charcoal could be identified as oak.
F64F C1345F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a fair amount of carbonised material in the light fraction along with uncharred
organic matter, possibly including insect remains. A 10L sample was retained
for further analysis and the residue, which was kept wet and not sorted,
contained animal bone, pottery and a metal artefact.
F64F C1345F/T Pit
Laboratory assessment of a 3kg sub-sample
produced a very small charcoal washover with mineralised concretions. These
reacted with hydrochloric acid, and while organic in origin and likely to
be faecal, there was no evidence for intestinal worms. Within the dried residue
CBM, slag and hammerscale, charcoal, coal and glass were recorded as rare
while bone was very common. Several fish bones showed evidence of having
been chewed.
F64F C1348F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
small amounts of carbonised and uncharred organic matter (a high proportion
of which appeared modern) in the light fraction, leading to the retention
of a 10L sample for further analysis. The dried residue was rather stony
and contained occasional animal bones, while pottery and slag were rare.
F64F C1349F/flot Pit
A 30L sample was subjected to flotation
producing a moderate light fraction containing carbonised material (including
burnt grains) and some uncharred matter. The presence of this uncharred material
and the interpretation of this deposit as cess led to the retention of a
10L sample for further analysis. Detailed assessment of the washover indicated
the presence of mineralised material, including seeds, earthworm egg capsules
and faecal concretions while hazelnut shell, oat, wheat and possible rye
were all charred. The residue, totalling 1187g, contained a high frequency
of bone, particularly of small fish (several of which had been chewed), and
charcoal was occasional. Small numbers of charred and uncharred seeds, grains
and stones as well as fragments of CBM, slag, iron and hammerscale were also
present.
F64F C1352F/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a small
light fraction containing charred and uncharred (some modern) organic matter.
A 10L sample of this cess deposit was retained for further analysis and the
residue was kept wet. But for its greenish hue and presumed faecally nature,
the unsorted residue appeared rather barren.
F64F C1352F/T Pit
Laboratory assessment of a 3kg sub-sample
produced a very small washover of charcoal and mineralised material which
also contained a large amount of amphibian and fish bones (several of which
had been chewed). The dried residue largely comprised of olive coloured concretion
in which bone was rare to occasional, charcoal occasional and vitrified fuel
ash rare.
F256B C1574B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a moderate
light fraction of fine charred material. Bone (including fish and amphibian)
was very common in the residue and a high proportion was calcined. Charcoal
occurred occasionally while slag, hammerscale CBM chips and lead were rare.
F256B C1574B/fms Pit
The sorted residue contained bone,
hammerscale and seeds.
F314B C1685B/fms post hole
Within the residue CBM was common,
charcoal occasional and pottery, bone, iron and hammerscale were rare.
F460B C1977B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a lot of
charred grain in the light fraction. Within the residue pottery, charcoal
and hammerscale appeared occasionally while bone (including fish) and burnt
seeds and grain occurred more rarely. Flint, daub and a possible stone object
were also present.
F523B C2131B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a small
amount of charred material in the light fraction. The residue (weighing 510g)
contained limited amounts of CBM, pottery and bone. Hammerscale was also
present.
F104F C1202F/flot Pit
A 10L sample was subjected to flotation
producing a small amount of charred material in the light fraction. The small
residue, weighing 258g, contained occasional animal bone and CBM while charcoal
and ferrous material (including hammerscale) were rare. Plaster was also
present.
F125F C1239F/flot Pit
Approximately 5L of sediment was
floated, producing a moderate amount of charred and uncharred (including
wood) material. The residue was kept wet and was not sorted, but was observed
to contain animal bone.
F125F C1239F/T Pit
Laboratory assessment of a 3kg sub-sample
produced a washover containing charcoal and ashy concreted material as well
as a single nutlet of saw sedge Cladium
mariscus (L.) Pohl which could have derived from burnt peat. The dried
residue, which totalled 394g, contained rare amounts of CBM, daub and charcoal,
while bone and iron, slag and hammerscale were occasional.
F125F C1240F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a small amount of charred material and some land snails in the light fraction.
The residue, weighing 812g, contained frequent fragments of charcoal and
animal bone (including mammal, fish, and large numbers of amphibian). Hammerscale
was occasional, while slag was also present and CBM was very rare. There
were single cases of iron object and charred seed.
F129F C1317F/flot Pit
The entire 10L sample was floated
producing a moderate amount of fine charred and uncharred organic matter
and a residue weighing 670g. Bone was common but other items, including daub,
CBM, mortar, slag and hammerscale were rare. There were single cases of yellow
glass, iron object and pottery, possibly a waster fragment.
F129F C1318F/flot Pit
Flotation of the entire 10L sample
produced a small amount of charred material and some modern uncharred organic
matter. The residue, weighing 789g, yielded frequent fragments of bone (including
mammal and fish), CBM and charcoal. Mortar, pottery and hammerscale were
occasional while iron and slag were rare and there was a single piece of
possible soapstone.
F150F C1287F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample yielded
a lot of uncharred organic material, the majority of which appeared to be
modern roots. A 10L sample was retained for further analysis. Bone (including
pig, eel, flatfish and herring) was common within the residue while CBM and
charcoal were present occasionally. Pottery and hammerscale were rare and
there was a single oyster shell.
F161F C1307F/flot Post hole
The entire 10L sample was floated,
producing a small amount of charcoal and some possible uncharred vegetable
matter in the light fraction. The residue, totalling 734g, contained rare
amounts of bone, charcoal, slag and CBM.
F161F C1314F/flot Post hole
A 10L sample was floated producing
a large carbonised light fraction, including burnt seeds and grains. The
residue, totalling 1040g, contained frequent charcoal and animal bone along
with occasional daub and CBM. Hammmerscale was rare. Detailed assessment
of the washover identified ash wood among the charcoal as well as a single
charred cotyledon of a probable field bean.
F161F C1308F/flot Post hole
Flotation of the entire 10L
sample produced a small amount of charred and uncharred organic material.
Apart from frequent animal bone (sometimes burnt), the residue, totalling
840g, contained small amounts of daub, CBM, pottery, iron, hammerscale and
single pieces of flint and glass.
F171F C1325F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a light fraction containing a small amount of charred matter and quite a
lot of uncharred organic material, much of it modern rootlets along with
a few landsnails. One tub was retained for further analysis. The gravelly
residue was kept wet and not sorted, but initial observations suggested that
it was rather sterile, containing a small amount of bone.
F177F C1335F/flot Sunken feature building
Flotation of
10L produced a moderate light fraction containing charred and uncharred organic
material as well as landsnails. A 10L sample was retained for further work
and the gravelly, rather barren residue was kept wet and unsorted.
F177F C1335F/T Sunken feature building
Detailed assessment
identified little of interest, only a few small traces of burnt and unburnt
bone. Within the laboratory assessed residue CBM, mortar, charcoal, slag
and hammerscale and bone were found to be rare.
F177F C1350F/flot Sunken feature building
Flotation of
a 10L sample produced a moderate light fraction containing carbonised and
uncharred (including modern rootlets) organic matter. Another 10L sample
was kept for further analysis. The residue, weighing 503g contained occasional
animal bone while CBM, pottery, charcoal and slag were all rare.
F177F C1350F/T Sunken feature building
Laboratory assessment
produced a small washover containing traces of charcoal and some mineralised
material. The unfractioned dried residue contained rare amounts of CBM, mortar,
charcoal, slag and hammerscale within a matrix of sand and cobbles.
F180F C1342F/flot posthole
Flotation of the entire 10L
sample produced a small light fraction containing charred and possible uncharred
organic material. The small residue, totalling 240g, contained occasional
animal bone, charcoal, CBM, and plaster/mortar while hammerscale, iron, pottery
and charred nutshells were rare.
F181F C1343F/flot posthole
Flotation of the entire 10L
sample produced a small light fraction. The residue contained fragments of
CBM, occasional mortar flecks and charcoal, rare pieces of slag and fragments
of iron.
F183F C1340F/flot Hearth (associated with the sunken feature
building)
Flotation of a 10L sample produced a light fraction containing
a lot of charcoal and some uncharred organic matter, leading to the retention
of a 10L sample for further analysis. Detailed assessment found the charcoal
to be the possible remains of roundwood and bark. The residue, which weighed
320g, contained a lot of charcoal while bone was occasional and hammerscale
was present more rarely. Flint and worked stone were also present.
F184F C1346F/flot Post hole (associated with the sunken
feature building)
Flotation of a 10L sample produced a small amount of probably
modern organic matter in the light fraction. The residue, totalling 430g,
contained occasional animal bone but otherwise rare amounts of hammerscale
and seeds. Slag was also present.
F216F C1456F/flot Pit
Flotation of the entire 10L sample
produced a large amount of charred organic in the light fraction, including
burnt grains and seeds. Detailed assessment of the washover identified a
large number of charred barley grains, as well as evidence for oat, possible
wheat and traces of weed seeds. The residue, totalling 1930g, contained a
very high frequency of fired ceramic fragments. CBM, bone, hammerscale and
slag were rare.
F163B C1338B/flot Post hole
Flotation of the entire 10L
sample produced a small amount of charred material in the light fraction.
The residue contained occasional fragments of bone (including fish, amphibian,
cattle and caprovid), CBM, charcoal and hammerscale while slag, iron and
pottery were rare and there was a single piece of glass.
F216B C1707B/fms Pit
The residue contained occasional charcoal,
iron and hammerscale while bone (including fish, amphibian and bird), glass,
flint, CBM and mollusc (including a single specimen of Discus rotundatus )
were rare. Slag was also present.
F272B C1644B/flot Pit
A 20L sample was subjected to flotation
yielded very little in the way of a carbonised light fraction. Within the
residue pottery, bone (including fish, amphibian and small mammal), charcoal,
hammerscale and CBM were rare and there was a single piece of glass. Slag
was present.
F214F C1404F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a light fraction comprising a moderate amount of carbonised matter and
a small amount of uncharred organic material. The residue, weighing 640g,
contained occasional animal bone (including fish and small mammal), pottery
(dark grey and buff), mortar, iron and hammerscale while charcoal and slag
(glassy and non-magnetic) were rare.
F215F C1490F/flot Pit
The entire 10L sample was subjected
to flotation and yielded small amounts of carbonised material and modern
uncharred organic. The residue, weighing 1024g, contained occasional animal
bone, CBM and charcoal, while pottery, mortar, hammerscale and mussel were
rare.
242F C1493F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a small light fraction containing a small amount of charred material and
some possible uncharred organic matter most likely to be modern. The residue,
totalling 928g contained occasional fragments of animal bone (including pig
but most unidentifiable) while CBM and hammerscale were rare. There were
single cases of snail shell and pottery.
F4B C1029B/cs Lime pit
10L was coarse-sieved producing
small amounts of animal bone, coarse pottery and CBM.
F4B C1031 B/flot Lime pit
Flotation of
30L produced a light fraction containing a small amount of charcoal and a
lot of modern organic matter including leaves and grass. The gravelly residue
contained a small amount of charcoal.
F4B C1041/flot Lime pit
Flotation of 30L produced a very
small light fraction. The residue contained a high proportion of mortar and
bone was rare (including an amphibian pelvis).
F4B C1041/cs Lime pit
10L was coarse sieved for small finds
producing a large amount of mortar while CBM, animal bone and charcoal were
more occasional.
F29B C1880B/flot Pit backfill
20L of sediment was floated,
yielding a large amount of carbonised material in the light fraction. In
the residue, bone, a large proportion of it burnt and possibly human, was
common, charcoal occasional and hammerscale, slag, iron, pottery and CBM
were rare. There was a single damaged burnt grain and a blank.
F44B C1164B/flot Pit
Flotation of a 30L sample produced
a light fraction containing carbonised seeds, while bone, tile and metal
were observed in the residue.
F44B C1164B/fms Pit
The residue was almost completely sterile.
There was a moderate amount of ferrous material including an iron object
(but not hammerscale), while bone (including amphibian and fish) was occasional.
Pottery and CBM occurred only rarely.
F161B C1329B/flot Post hole
A 10L sample was floated yielding
a light fraction containing carbonised seeds. The residue contained a small
amount of fish bones and of hammerscale along with an iron object.
F190B C1375B/flot Post hole
Flotation of a 5L sample produced
a small light fraction containing charcoal and charred seeds. The residue
contained occasional CBM and charcoal while pottery, hammerscale and bone
(including fish) were rare.
F190B C1375B/fms Post hole
The residue contained frequent
animal bones (particularly amphibian), charcoal was occasional and CBM and
hammerscale were rare.
F191B C1376B/flot Post hole
A 1.5L sample was floated producing
a light fraction comprising modern roots. The residue contained a small amount
of bone.
F250B C1560B/flot Pit
A 30L sample was floated producing
a small amount of charred material. The residue, weighing 412g contained
rare amounts of bone, hammerscale, glass and weathered CBM.
F251B C1561B/flot Scoop
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a moderate amount of carbonised material in the light fraction along with
some modern rootlets. Within the residue bone (including fish, bird and caprovid)
was common as was CBM, while charcoal was occasional and hammerscale, iron,
plaster and mortar/plaster rare.
F252B C1562B/fms Pit
The residue weighing 595g was composed
entirely of bone, CBM and ceramic.
F252B C1571B/flot Pit
A 20L sample yielded a moderate amount
of carbonised light material along with modern rootlets. Within the residue,
bone (including small mammal, amphibian, pig, caprovid, cat, rabbit and,
in particular, fish) was common, as was pottery, while hammerscale, carbonised
seeds, and glass (including coloured) were rare. There was a single piece
of copper alloy and plaster and iron objects were also present.
F252B C1571B/fms Pit
Within the residue charcoal, CBM and
bone were common (particularly fish, but including mammal which was occasionally
calcined), while pottery, iron, slag and hammerscale were occasional. Glass,
plaster, flint and charred grain occurred rarely.
F357B C1779B/flot Pit
The flotation of a 20L sample produced
only a small light fraction containing specks of carbonised material. The
rather sterile residue contained small amounts of bone (including amphibian
and fish), charcoal and hammerscale.
F357B C1919B/flot Pit
A 30L sample was floated producing
a small charred light fraction. Charcoal was occasional within the residue,
but bone (including fish, amphibian and mammal), pottery, CBM and hammerscale
were rare. There was a single fragment of burnt nutshell.
F393B C1059B/cs Post hole backfill
10L was coarse sieved
yielding animal bone, CBM and coarse black pottery.
F393B C1061B/cs Posthole backfill
10L coarse sieved. A
moderate amount of animal bone was recovered, along with some coarse pottery
and CBM.
F393B C1061B/fms Posthole backfill
The residue contained
occasional fragments of bone (including fish, amphibian, bird and mammal)
but iron, hammerscale, flint, mollusc (including oyster), CBM and charcoal
were only rarely present. Slag and plaster were also recovered.
F396B C1864B/flot Pit
A 10L sample was floated producing
a small light fraction comprising of charred organic matter. The residue
contained rare bone while charcoal, flint and hammerscale were also present.
F424B C1916B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a moderate
quantity of charred material in the light fraction, along with burnt grain.
Hammerscale was occasional in the residue, but bone (including fish), charcoal
and CBM were rare. Slag and iron objects were also present.
F424B C1918B/flot Pit
Flotation of a 30L sample produced
a small carbonised light fraction. The residue contained occasional bone
(including fish and amphibian), charcoal and CBM while hammerscale, copper
alloy and pottery (green glaze) were rare.
F426B C1791B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a moderate
light fraction of carbonised material including seeds and grain. The residue
contained quite high levels of hammerscale but bone (including fish), glass,
charcoal and CBM were present only rarely. Also present were fragments of
loom weight and slag.
F426B C1791B/fms Pit
The residue contained rare amounts
of CBM, pottery and animal bone while iron objects and hammerscale were also
present.
F491B C2039/Bflot Post hole
Flotation of 30L produced a
moderate amount of charred material in the light fraction. The gravelly residue
contained occasional fragments of animal bone (including amphibian and mammal)
and charcoal. CBM, slag and hammerscale were rare.
F503B C2065B/flot Scoop
Flotation of 30L produced a small
amount of charred matter in the light fraction. The residue contained small
amounts of bone (including fish and bird), pottery, charcoal and hammerscale.
F503B C2066B/flot Scoop
Flotation of 30L produced a small
carbonised light fraction. Material in the residue was rare and comprised
pottery, bone (including fish and amphibian), hammerscale and CBM. There
was a single seed, a chrysalis and two glass fragments.
F547B C2185B/flot Floor
Flotation of 20L produced a moderate
light fraction of charred material. The residue (weighing 330g) contained
frequent bone fragments (including mammal, amphibian and fish), charcoal
and hammerscale while along with two glass fragments pottery and CBM was
very rare. Slag was also present.
F547B C2186B/flot Floor
Flotation of 10L produced a small
charred light fraction. Bone and slag were present within the residue.
F547B C2191B/flot Floor
Flotation of 10L produced a moderate
amount of charcoal in the light fraction while hammerscale and bone (including
fish) were occasional in the residue. Slag and pottery were rare.
F548B C2187B/flot Post hole
Flotation of 10L produced a
small charred light fraction. Within the residue animal bone (including fish
and some burnt) and hammerscale were occasional while charcoal and CBM were
rare.
F284F C1534F/flot Ditch
The entire 10L sample was subjected
to flotation producing a small light fraction comprising charcoal and a very
little uncharred organic matter. The residue, totalling 988g, contained occasional
CBM, pottery (including Samian and a waster fragment), charcoal, bone and
hammerscale. There was a single iron object and a fossil.
F263F C1514F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a moderate amount of charred and uncharred material in the light fraction.
The residue, totalling 816g, contained occasional mortar, charcoal, bone
(including herring and mostly rounded) and CBM while slag and hammerscale
were rare. There were also two fragments each of flint and pottery and a
single mollusc.
F282F C1529F/flot Ditch
Flotation of the entire 10L sample
produced a small amount of charred and uncharred material in the light fraction.
The residue, totalling 900g, contained occasional fragments of CBM and bone
while iron fragments and hammerscale were rare. There were single bits of
pottery and fossil and a two pieces of slag.
F183B C1358B/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a small amount of charred matter. The residue contained high amounts of CBM
but bone (including fish), mortar, charcoal and hammerscale were rare.
F208B C1768B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a large
light fraction of charred material, mostly of black vfa/carbonised vegetable
matter. Within the residue CBM was common, bone occasional and pottery rare.
Hammerscale, charcoal and flint were also present.
F208B C1769B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a moderate
light fraction comprising charcoal and a few snail shells. The residue contained
occasional CBM and hammerscale while pottery and bone (including fish) were
rare. Flint, charcoal and iron nails were also present.
F218B C1409B/fms Pit
Bone, CBM, iron and hammerscale were
rare while slag and glass were also present.
F218B C1409B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a small
amount of charcoal and carbonised seeds in the light fraction. Slag was noted
in the residue.
F218B C1515B/flot Pit
A 10L sample was subjected to flotation
producing a small light fraction of charred material. The residue contained
occasional bone (including fish and small mammal) and charcoal while pottery,
CBM, lead, glass and hammerscale were rare. Slag was also present.
F218B C1515B/fms Pit
The residue contained occasional bone
while pottery and CBM were rare. Flint, iron objects, slag and hammerscale
were also present.
F223B C1484B/flot Pit
The residue produced frequent CBM,
occasional animal bone and a ferrous object. Slag was also present.
F223B C1484B/flot Pit
10L was floated producing a small
amount of charcoal in the light fraction. Within the residue charcoal was
common while bone (including fish) and hammerscale were occasional. There
was a single piece of lead and of possible charred wooden peg.
F223B C1489B/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample yielded
a moderate amount of charcoal and possible burnt grain. The gravelly residue
contained frequent animal bone (including fish) while CBM, pottery and hammerscale
were rare. Slag was present and two fragments of glass were also recovered.
F239B C1520B/flot Pit
The entire 10L sample was floated
producing a small light fraction. The residue contained occasional fragments
of bone (including fish), charcoal and CBM while pottery, hammerscale and
iron nails were rare. Slag and mortar were also present.
F239B C1520B/fms Pit
The residue contained occasional animal
bone and hammerscale while charcoal, iron and CBM were rare. Slag and mortar
were also represented.
F245B C1548B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L of sediment yielded
a moderate amount of carbonised material in the light fraction. In the residue
bone (including fish, amphibian and mammal) was occasional, CBM, pottery
and charcoal rare, and there were single cases of hazelnut shell, iron object
and glass bead.
F254B C1650B/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a small light fraction comprising charcoal and burnt grain. The residue (weighing
420g) contained occasional animal bone and rare CBM, slag, hammerscale and
mortar.
F397B C1884B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a small
amount of charred matter and small bones in the light fraction. Within the
residue bone (sometimes burnt) and CBM were occasional, charcoal and pottery
more rare. Hammerscale, slag and seeds were also present.
F397B C1884B/fms Pit
The residue had a rather greenish
tinge suggestive of a faecal component. Animal bone (including fish) was
occasional, as was ferrous material (including slag and hammerscale). CBM,
pottery and charcoal were rare and there were two fragments of glass.
F397B C1909B/flot Pit
A 5L sample was floated producing
a light fraction containing one or two bits of charcoal. There were few artefacts
in the sandy residue, with charcoal, hammerscale and CBM occurring rarely
and accompanied by a few fragments of animal bone.
F435B C1945B/flot Pit
Flotation of a 30L sample produced
a light fraction containing carbonised material including seeds. Within the
residue, CBM occurred occasionally while pottery, bone (including bird, fish
and mammal), slag, hammerscale and charcoal were rare.
F38B C1140B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a moderate
amount of charcoal in the light fraction. In the residue, bone (including
fish and small mammal) and charcoal were occasional while hammerscale and
pottery were rare.
F39B C1150B/flot Pit
The entire 10L sample was floated
producing very little in the way of a light fraction. Within the residue
bone and slag/hammerscale were rare and there was also an iron object.
F58B C1186B/flot Kiln
30L was subjected to flotation producing
a light fraction containing a few carbonised seeds and grains. Within the
residue CBM was occasional, but other materials such as pottery, bone (including
fish and amphibian), hammerscale, iron, charcoal, charred organic (including
grains) and plaster/mortar were rare.
F58B C1367B/flot Kiln
Flotation of 20L yielded a few burnt
grains in the light fraction. Within the residue CBM was common while pottery
and charcoal were occasional. Mortar, bone (including fish), hammerscale
and burnt grains were rare. There were one or two pieces of iron and slag
and daub were present.
F58B C1368B/flot Kiln
Flotation of 20L produced a small
light fraction comprising charcoal and a few burnt grains along with one
or two snail shells. The gravelly residue contained small amounts of CBM,
ceramic, bone (including fish), charcoal, charred organic (including seeds
and grains), glass and hammerscale.
F58B C1369B/flot Kiln
A 20L sample was subjected to flotation
producing a moderate amount of charred matter in the light fraction, including
carbonised seeds. Detailed assessment of the washover indicated the presence
of cereal, including rye and possible lentil. Charcoal was common within
the residue, as was CBM while bone (including fish and bird) was more occasional.
Pottery (including green-glazed), iron, hammerscale and charred organic (which
included seeds and grains) were recorded as 'rare'.
F149B C1349B/flot Scoop
Flotation of 10L produced a large
light fraction containing carbonised material within which seeds were observed.
The fine sandy residue contained large amounts of charcoal while CBM was
occasional and both bone (including fish) and hammerscale were rare. There
was a single iron object.
F150B C1312B/fms Pit
The residue contained occasional fragments
of charcoal, CBM, bone (including fish and small mammal) and rare amounts
of pottery, glass, mollusc, slag, hammerscale, mortar/plaster, charred organic
and vfa. There was also a bead.
F150B C1312B/flot Pit
Flotation of all 30L produced a small
light fraction containing carbonised seeds and grain. The residue contained
frequent amounts of bone (including amphibian), CBM and hammerscale, while
along with single fragments of iron and copper alloy, glass (occasionally
coloured yellow) and pottery were rare. Slag was also present.
F150B C1332B/flot Pit
Flotation of a 30L sample yielded
some charcoal and carbonised seeds in the light fraction while animal bone,
pottery, iron, slag, hammerscale, charcoal and carbonised seeds were present
in small quantities within the residue.
F150B C1333B/fms Pit
The sorted residue contained a high
proportion of CBM flecks and chips while bone (including fish, amphibian,
mammal and sometimes burnt), iron and hammerscale were common. Charcoal was
relatively rare, as was pottery, and there was a single piece of copper alloy
and three fragments of glass.
F150B C1334B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a small
amount of charcoal in the light fraction. The occurrence of pottery, bone
(including fish and amphibian), mollusc (including cockle), hammerscale,
carbonised seeds, charcoal, struck flint and CBM was recorded as 'rare'.
Glass was also present.
F150B C1334B/fms Pit
The sorted residue contained small
amounts of artefacts, comprising bone (including amphibian and fish), charcoal,
pottery, CBM, iron, hammerscale, burnt seeds and grain and a single piece
of glass.
F150B C1335B/flot Pit
A 30L sample was floated and produced
a light fraction comprising small amounts of charcoal and charred grains.
The residue contained small amounts of bone (including amphibian, fish and
bird), charred grains, charcoal, hammerscale, glass, CBM and mortar.
F150B C1339B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a light
fraction mostly comprising charcoal but including a few charred seeds. Bone
(including amphibian and fish) was common in the residue while hammerscale
was occasional. Charred seeds, CBM and pottery were rare and there was a
single fragment of glass.
F162B C1314B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a large
light fraction of carbonised material, including grains. Within the residue
charcoal and CBM were common while bone and hammerscale were rare, along
with a single carbonised seed. Plaster and daub were also present.
F162B C1351B/flot Pit
The residue contained occasional
fragments of bone (including fish and amphibian) and hammerscale/slag while
CBM, pottery and charcoal were more rare.
F162B C1352B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L yielded a few carbonised
seeds in the light fraction while bone (including fish and small mammal),
copper wire and hammerscale were rare in the residue. CBM was occasional.
F162B C1353B/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a small amount of charred matter in the light fraction. Within the residue,
bone (including fish and sheep), charcoal, CBM and hammerscale were rare.
F180B C1354B/flot Post hole
A 10L sample was floated producing
a few carbonised seeds in the light fraction.
F198B C1383B/flot Pit
20L was floated yielding a moderate
light fraction of carbonised material. In the residue, bone (including mammal,
amphibian, fish and bird), and hammerscale were occasional while charcoal
and CBM were common. Pottery was rare while plaster, iron objects and slag
were also present.
F198B C1384B/flot Pit
Flotation of 20L yielded a moderate
light fraction comprising charred material including grains as well as unburnt
fish bones. The gravelly residue contained occasional bone fragments (including
fish, chicken and mammal) and hammerscale while pottery, iron objects and
charred seeds were rare.
F198B C1442B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a moderate
amount of fine charred material, including burnt grain. The residue contained
a fair amount of bone (including fish, small mammal and amphibian). Charcoal,
CBM and hammerscale were occasional while iron and pottery were rare. There
were single cases of a burnt grain and several lumps of copper alloy. Slag
was also present.
F198B C1442B/fms Pit
The residue contained frequent CBM
and bone (including fish and amphibian), and a small amount of hammerscale,
iron (including nails) and mussel shell. There was a single copper alloy
stud, pottery was rare and flint and mortar were also present.
F198B C1443B/flot Pit
A 10L sample was floated producing
a moderate amount of charred material. Bone was rare, CBM occasional and
hammerscale and slag were present within the residue.
F198B C1444B/flot Pit
20L of sediment was subjected to
flotation and yielded a large light fraction of charred matter which included
burnt grain. Within the gravelly residue, CBM was very common while charcoal,
bone (including fish, bird and mammal, of which about 30% was burnt) were
slightly less so. Mortar was present occasionally, while along with a single
piece of glass, pottery, iron nail fragments and hammerscale were rare.
F211B C1522B/flot Clay storage pit
The entire 10L sample
was subjected to flotation producing a charcoally light fraction. Within
the residue CBM and charcoal were common while bone was more occasional with
pottery and hammerscale rare. There was a single piece of glass and plaster
was also present.
F211B C1523B/flot Clay storage pit
Flotation of the entire
10L sample yielded carbonised seeds and a fruit stone in the light fraction
identified during detailed assessment as elder seeds and a large mineralised
plum stone (or similar) while in the residue bone (including fish) and CBM
were common. Hammerscale, iron, pottery and charcoal was more rare and there
was a single lump of copper alloy.
F211B C1524B/flot Clay storage pit
Flotation of 10L produced
a moderate amount of charred material, including grains, in the light fraction,
while within the residue bone and CBM were common, hammerscale occasional
and grape seeds rare. Pottery was also rare. Detailed assessment identified
uncharred and unmineralised seeds of blackberry and henbane while oat, crushed
fishbone, and mineralised woodlouse were also observed.
F211B C1532B/flot Clay storage pit
The entire 10L sample
was floated producing a very small carbonised light fraction. Charcoal, CBM
and bone (including fish) were occasional in the residue while hammerscale
and charred seeds were rare.
F215B C1435B/flot Pit
20L were floated producing a large
charred light fraction which included carbonised seeds. Material from the
residue was rather sparse, comprising rare amounts of bone (including small
mammal and fish), hammerscale and a single carbonised grain. CBM was occasional
and plaster, an iron object and piece of copper alloy wire were also present.
F215B C1435B/fms Pit
The residue, which weighed 2511g,
contained frequent CBM, occasional pottery, bone (including fish, bird and
mammal) and charcoal while, mortar, painted plaster and ferrous material
were rare.
F215B C1436B/flot Pit
A 20L sample was processed through
flotation producing a small charred light fraction which included carbonised
grain. The residue contained occasional CBM while bone (including fish and
chicken), hammerscale and charcoal were rare.
F215B C1436B/fms Pit
The residue contained occasional animal
bone (including fish and amphibian) while pottery, glass, flint, iron, hammerscale
and uncharred seeds were rare.
F215B C1439B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L yielded a large
amount of carbonised material. The residue contained occasional fragments
of bone (including fish and amphibian) and iron, and more rarely, hammerscale.
F215B C1441B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a large
amount of charcoal in the light fraction. Within the residue, CBM and charcoal
were common while mortar and bone were more occasional. Hammerscale and iron
(including nails) were rare, while there was a few sherds of pottery (including
pale green glazed).
F325B C1191B/flot Post hole
Flotation of a 10L sample yielded
a small amount of charred material in the light fraction. The residue produced
frequent CBM and occasional fragments of charcoal and slag/hammerscale, while
pottery, bone (including fish) and mussel shell were more rare. There were
single examples of a burnt seed and of a tiny copper ring.
F333B C1736B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a small
amount of charred material in the light fraction. Within the residue bone
(including fish, mammal and amphibian) was common while charcoal and CBM
were present occasionally. Hammerscale, slag, lead and glass were rare while
their were single cases of uncharred seed and iron nail.
F261B C1604B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a light
fraction containing a moderate amount of charcoal. Within the residue charcoal
and CBM were common while bone (including fish) and hammerscale was occasional.
Iron, copper wire, mussel shell and carbonised grain were rare.
F261B C1604B/fms Pit
The residue contained occasional animal
bone (including fish and mammal, some of which was burnt), CBM and ferrous
material (including hammerscale). Charcoal, pottery and mollusc were rare.
F401B C1711B/flot Pit
Flotation of a 30L sample yielded
a large amount of carbonised material in the light fraction. The residue
contained occasional CBM and charcoal and, more rarely, bone (including amphibian
and fish) and hammerscale.
F401B C1713B/flot Pit
A 20L sample was floated producing
a small amount of carbonised material in the light fraction. Within the residue,
bone (including fish and amphibian) pottery and hammerscale was rare, as
were charcoal and CBM.
F288F C1543F/flot Pit
Flotation of a 10L sample yielded
a small amount of charred and uncharred organic material in the light fraction.
The residue, weighing 803g, contained occasional fragments of bone (mostly
animal, but also including human teeth and a radius fragment), while CBM
and hammerscale were rare.
F109B C1640B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a light
fraction containing carbonised seeds. Bone (including fish) and tile was
common within the residue while pottery, charcoal and hammerscale were rare.
F219B C1270B/fms Ditch
The dried residue, weighing 3622g,
contained CBM, mortar, pottery, bone and charcoal.
F219B C1429B/flot Ditch
Flotation of 20L yielded a small
amount of charred material and a lot of modern rootlets in the light fraction.
Within the residue, bone, including fish, was occasionally present, while
pottery and hammerscale were more rare. There was a single piece of copper
alloy wire and an iron object.
F219B C1429B/fms Ditch
The 605g residue contained occasional
charcoal, CBM and bone (including fish, small mammal and caprovid) while
mortar, ferrous material, mollusc and pottery (including brown glazed) were
rare.
F219B C1485B/fms Ditch
The residue weighed 3220g and contained
frequent CBM and occasional bone (including fish and bird). Charcoal, pottery,
shell, iron, slag and hammerscale were all rare while there was a single
piece of lead.
F219B C1486B/fms Ditch
Within the residue weighing 2458g,
CBM was common, mortar and vfa occasional but all other materials, comprising
bone (including fish, bird and mammal), mollusc (including mussel and snail),
pottery, charcoal, iron, slag and hammerscale, were rare.
F352B C1537B/fms Levelling cut
The sorted residue yielded
occasional CBM, charcoal and bone (including fish and mammal) while pottery,
iron, slag and hammerscale were rare.
F352B C1689B/fms Levelling cut
The residue contained frequent
CBM and occasional charcoal. Bone (including fish, bird and mammal) was rare,
as was charred grain (3), pottery and ferrous material.
F352B C1692B/fms Levelling cut
The residue contained a
lot of fish bone and a small amount of pottery, iron and hammerscale.
F77B C1724B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a small
carbonised light fraction. The residue (weighing 170g) largely comprised
small fragments of CBM, and apart from occasional charcoal, artefacts such
as iron objects, slag, hammerscale and bone (including fish, cat and amphibian)
were rare.
F77B C1743B/flot Pit
Flotation of 30L produced a large
light fraction of carbonised material and fish bones. Bone, particularly
fish and sometimes burnt, was very common within the residue while CBM was
quite common. Hammerscale and ceramic appeared more occasionally as did charcoal,
most likely due to the efficiency of the flotation process. Iron nails occurred
only rarely and there was a single rounded copper alloy object. Slag and
coal were also present.
F77B C1743B/fms Pit
Charcoal was very common, while bone
(mostly fish) was common. There was occasional hammerscale and iron, including
a pin, rare pottery and two fragments of glass.
F78B C1581B/flot Pit
Roughly 1.5L of sediment was processed
through flotation producing a large charcoally light fraction. The residue
contained frequent CBM and occasional hammerscale; pottery, charcoal and
mortar/plaster were more rare and there was a single fragment of glass.
F88B C2000B/flot Pit
A 10L sample was processed through
flotation to produce a large charred light fraction which included burnt
grain. Bone, CBM and pottery were occasional in the residue, while flint
and slag were also present
F88B C2001B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a moderate
amount of charcoal and charred plant matter within the light fraction. Mortar,
slag and hammerscale were present in the residue and a copper alloy pin/ear
scoop was also recovered. Pottery and CBM were occasional, bone rare.
F125B C1275B/flot Pit
A 10L sample was floated producing
a small light fraction containing frequent charcoal, occasional CBM and rare
bone, slag and glass along with some carbonised seeds.
F125B C1577B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a light
fraction containing uncharred seeds. The wet residue was not sorted, but
large numbers of tiny fish bones were observed.
F126B C1276B/flot Pit
Roughly 4L of sediment was floated
producing a small light fraction comprising carbonised material including
seeds. The residue contained very large amounts of fish bone, while charcoal
was common, CBM occasional and hammerscale rare. There was a single piece
of iron.
F126B C1580B/flot Pit
Flotation of c. 15L produced
a light fraction mostly comprising fish bone with a little charcoal. The
residue comprised almost entirely of fish bone with some larger mammal and
bird fragments. Not sorted.
F126B C1590B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a light
fraction containing carbonised matter and uncharred seeds. The residue largely
comprised charcoal and fish bone (mostly herring) while CBM was present more
occasionally. Mussel shell, pottery and hammerscale occurred rarely and there
was a single piece of copper alloy.
F126B C1590B/fms Pit
Within the residue bone, especially
herring, was very common. Charcoal was also common while CBM was more occasional.
Other components, such as burnt grain (which had a holey appearance and may
have been spoiled), pottery, ferrous material, vfa and copper alloy, were
rare. Glass was also present.
F178B C1292B/flot Hearth
Flotation of a 10L sample produced
a small light fraction comprising charred matter including grains. The residue
largely comprised fragments of CBM while bone (including fish) and hammerscale
were more occasional. Glass , iron and charred organic (including grain and
grape seeds) were rare and there was a single piece of lead.
F178B C1293B/flot Hearth
The entire 10L sample was subjected
to flotation producing a very tiny light fraction. Within the residue, daub
and CBM were common and hammerscale occasional while along with a single
fragment of glass, bone and charcoal were rare.
F178B C1336B/flot Hearth
Flotation of 10L produced a small
light fraction of charred material. The residue contained occasional CBM
and more rare amounts of pottery, charcoal, hammerscale and bone (including
fish and small mammal).
F178B C1347B/flot Hearth
Flotation of 20L yielded a small
amount of carbonised material and some fish bone in the light fraction. The
residue contained occasional sheep and fish bones and CBM with more rare
amounts of pottery, slag, hammerscale and iron objects. There was a single
copper alloy artefact.
F178B C1348B/flot Hearth
The entire 10L sample was floated
producing a small amount of carbonised matter in the light fraction. Within
the residue, CBM was common, while charcoal and bone (including fish) were
more occasional and pottery and hammerscale were rare. There were several
pieces of iron and slag was also present.
F186B C1372B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a few carbonised
seeds and grains in the light fraction while the residue contained rare amounts
of animal bone, CBM, charcoal, iron and hammerscale.
F242B C1527B/flot Pit
Flotation of 50L produced a large
amount of charcoal and carbonised seeds and grain in the light fraction.
Within the residue charcoal (forming a high proportion of the residue), CBM
and mortar were very common while bone, sometimes burnt, was more occasional.
Other items, such as pottery, mollusc, iron, hammerscale, carbonised organic
material (including seeds) were rare. There was a single copper alloy pin.
F242B C1527B/fms Pit
A large proportion of the residue
was composed of charcoal with CBM and mortar/plaster also common. Bone (including
fish and mammal), pottery, copper alloy, ferrous material (including hammerscale)
and charred grain and seeds were rare.
F242B C1528B/flot Pit
Flotation of 40L yielded a large
carbonised light fraction. The residue contained a lot of evidence of building
materials with very large amounts of mortar while coal, CBM, and bone (including
amphibian, fish and small mammal) were common. Oyster shells, slag, hammerscale
and fragments of limestone were occasional while pottery, iron and glass
were present more rarely. There was a single piece of copper alloy wire.
F242B C1528B/fms Pit
The residue contained large amounts
of charcoal and occasional burnt seeds (including grape), bone (including
fish), iron and hammerscale.
F253B C1569B/flot Pit
Flotation of 20L produced a light
fraction containing very little carbonised material but a lot of uncharred
organic matter, mostly modern rootlets. 10L was retained for further analysis.
Within the residue, bone (including fish and mammal) was occasional while
pottery, iron, hammerscale and glass were rare. There were single cases of
burnt nutshell and a flint chip with concoidal fracture.
F253B C1569B/fms Pit
The residue contained occasional bone
fragments (including fish, bird and mammal) while CBM and charcoal were common.
Mollusc, pottery, plaster, iron and hammerscale were rare, and there was
a single burnt grain.
F269B C1592B/flot Post hole
A 10L sample was floated producing
a very large charred light fraction. Charcoal comprised a large proportion
of the residue and CBM, slag and hammerscale were occasional. Bone (including
fish) was rare and there was a single iron object.
F310B C1684B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a small
light fraction. Tile, fish bone and nutshell were observed in the residue.
Kept wet and not sorted
F329B C1729B/flot Hearth
A 10L sample was processed by
flotation producing a very small charred light fraction. Within the residue,
which mostly comprised of burnt daub, bone was rare, while charcoal, CBM
and hammerscale were occasional.
F329B C1730B/flot Hearth
A 10L sediment sample yielded
a moderate amount of charred material in the light fraction. Charcoal was
common in the residue, bone (including fish and amphibian) and CBM occasional,
hammerscale and pottery rare.
F334B C1739B/flot Pit
Residue from a 3L sample contained
frequent charcoal and CBM, occasional bone and more rarely, hammerscale,
pottery and mortar.
F334B C1740B/flot Pit
Flotation of 20L produced a small
light fraction of carbonised matter. The residue contained a fair amount
of CBM with occasional charcoal and bone (including fish, bird and small
mammal). Molluscs (oyster and mussel), pottery, iron nails and hammerscale
were rare.
F358B C1808B/flot Pit
Flotation of 10L produced a small
light fraction of carbonised material. The small and rather barren residue
(weighing 160g) contained a small amount of hammerscale, bone and CBM.
F391B C1844B/flot Hearth
A sample of roughly 10L was floated
giving rise to a small light fraction of charcoal and burnt grain. The residue
contained occasional fragments of CBM, charcoal and hammerscale while along
with a single land snail, bone (including fish and sometimes calcined) was
rare.
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