Contexts
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Context: PCO06_1586
- Top fill of 1587
Subgroup Narrative Text
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- Underlying the modern overburden lay (1586), a capping layer back fill of early 19th / late 18th c. horncore lined soakaway {1598} that was built into construction cut [1587]. The horn core pit itself contained (1664), a moist organic fill, and (1688), a loose dark brownish grey silty clay with frequent tile and brick fragments, and occasional oyster shell, chalk nodules, and frequent charcoal flecks, indicating that (1688) was a dump of building rubble and domestic waste. Construction cut [1587] was dug into (1758), the fill of linear cut [1759].
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- Chaz Morse
- 26-7-2011
Dating Narrative
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- A total of 14 pot sherds were recovered from this capping layer, all of which were dated to 1700-1800AD.
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- Chaz Morse
- 26-7-2011