Description
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- Whereas 542 looked more like deliberate backfill, 543 seemed more like what you'd expect of a silted-up fill, it being a lot more homogenous in character, and also differed in that it didn't contain any obviously "modern" finds or at least the sort of stuff we were getting out of 542. It was lumpy in places though, and even bits of 554 clay were floating about here and there (albeit very occasionally). If it has been backfilled, it may represent an earlier back-filling phase that 542? Further down, near the lower part of the fill, it got more mixey, with lumps of stoney / gravelly material. Most probably some of it is backfill.
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- Greg Crees
- 1-4-2008
Description
- Lower fill of 556
Basic Interp.
Description
- Firm
- Dark brownish-black
- Sandy-clay, poorly sorted stone inclusions sub-angular & occaisional sub-rounded, mostly ca, 10 - 50mm
- Bone, tile, pot sherd, charcoal, occasional brick (mostly near top of fill)
- 0.42m deep, ca 2.50m wide and long
- Fairly homogenous but includes occasional lumps of firm light beige-brown material. Also, the v. occasional occurance of small lamps of 554 in its top levels.
- Excavated with Mattock, Shovel & Trowel. Clear & moist.
Finds
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Issued to
Fergal O'DonoghueIssued on
1-4-2008 -
Compiled by
- Greg Crees
Compiled on
1-4-2008 -
Checked by
- Chaz Morse
