Basic Information
- Post Medieval refuse pits
Sub Groups
Group Description
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- Features relating to the Post Medieval construction on the site area cut into a series of Post Medieval refuse pits which comprise group 57, and were themselves cut into the agricultural soils of the site area. Horn-core pit cut [514] cut through pit [557] which was filled by (558), a clayey silt fill with moderate CBM and pot inclusions demonstrating that the pit was Post Medieval. Underlying the modern overburden lay (578), the fill of [579], an ovoid shallow pit. Mixed dumped deposit (562) filled pit [563] that was dug into (542) and (543), subgroup 172, which formed the latest fills of pit cut [556]. The earlier deposits were (554), and the primary fill (555). This primary fill was a grey brown mixed deposit of sands and clays with moderate amounts of gravel inclusions, and was probably a form of inwash. Pit cut [556] turned out to be a re-cut of pit [603], the fill of which was (604). This is believed to have been a refuse pit, and was cut into the agricultural soils of the site area. Late Post Medieval construction cut [605] was dug into (676), the latest fill of pit [679]. Underlying (676) was (677), a probable dump of domestic waste, and this sealed primary fill (678). The pit is seen as a refuse pit with all the fills of comparable date. It is likely that these pits were in use throughout the period of the sites use of agricultural soils.
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- Chaz Morse
- 19-10-2011
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- Chaz Morse
- 19-10-2011
Dating Information
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- The majority of features from this group produced ceramics dated to 1480-1700AD. Over all three sherds from these features were dated to 1350-1500AD, and one was dated to 1270-1350AD, and these are seen as residual. A break down of this dating is seen below. The eight pot sherds found in (543) were dated to 1630-1680AD and the 32 pot sherds in (542) were dated to 1660-1700AD. A total of 13 pot sherds were recovered from this feature, 3 from (676), 6 from (677), and 4 from (678). All the pot sherds were dated to 1480-1600AD. Fill (555) produced 3 datable pot sherds, one of which was dated to 1350-1500AD, and is seen as residual, while two pot sherds were dated to 1480-1600AD. A total of 11 pot sherds were recovered from this feature, all of which were dated to 1680-1700AD. A total of 17 pot sherds were recovered from this feature, of which 16 were dated to 1590-1610, and one was dated to 1270-1350, which is a residual find. One fragment of clay pipe was also recovered from this feature, which was broadly dated to 1580-1910.
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- Chaz Morse
- 19-10-2011