Basic Information
- Backfill deposits of large pit
Sub Groups
Group Description
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- The earliest back fill of quarry pit [639], was a very organic rich clayey silt deposit that had created conditions conducive to very good preservation of organic material. This was particularly notable with the large amounts of worked leather recovered from the excavation of the deposit. This was frequently in the form of shoes and cobblers waste, and has been dated to the late Medieval to Early Post Medieval period, sampled as <11>. Further contemporary backfill deposits consisted of mixed clay-silt deposits with a range of inclusions such as brick and tile, pot, animal bone, and iron, and these inclusion rich dumps were mixed with relatively barren deposits indicating that there was a series of contemporary dumped deposits from different sources, dumped with the intention of back filling the quarry pit once the quarrying had ceased. The backfills of this pit formed a series of capping layers, lain down to reclaim the land after quarrying had ceased at the end of the Medieval period.
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- Chaz Morse
- 12-10-2011
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- The earliest back fill of quarry pit [639], was a very organic rich clayey silt deposit that had created conditions conducive to very good preservation of organic material. This was particularly notable with the large amounts of worked leather recovered from the excavation of the deposit. This was frequently in the form of shoes and cobblers waste, and has been dated to the late Medieval to Early Post Medieval period, sampled as <11>. Further contemporary backfill deposits consisted of mixed clay-silt deposits with a range of inclusions such as brick and tile, pot, animal bone, and iron, and these inclusion rich dumps were mixed with relatively barren deposits indicating that there was a series of contemporary dumped deposits from different sources, dumped with the intention of back filling the quarry pit once the quarrying had ceased. The backfills of this pit formed a series of capping layers, lain down to reclaim the land after quarrying had ceased at the end of the Medieval period.
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- Chaz Morse
- 12-10-2011
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- The earliest back fill of quarry pit [639], was a very organic rich clayey silt deposit that had created conditions conducive to very good preservation of organic material. This was particularly notable with the large amounts of worked leather recovered from the excavation of the deposit. This was frequently in the form of shoes and cobblers waste, and has been dated to the late Medieval to Early Post Medieval period, sampled as <11>. Further contemporary backfill deposits consisted of mixed clay-silt deposits with a range of inclusions such as brick and tile, pot, animal bone, and iron, and these inclusion rich dumps were mixed with relatively barren deposits indicating that there was a series of contemporary dumped deposits from different sources, dumped with the intention of back filling the quarry pit once the quarrying had ceased. The backfills of this pit formed a series of capping layers, lain down to reclaim the land after quarrying had ceased at the end of the Medieval period.
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- Chaz Morse
- 12-10-2011
Dating Information
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- The artifact rich primary back fill yielded 54 pot sherds, 45 of which were dated to 1480-1550AD, and 11 of which were dated to 1400-1500AD, and these are seen as residual. The well preserved leather material recovered from this deposit has also been dated to c.1480AD. The overlying secondary fills produced 38 pot sherds dated between 1480-1600 AD, and 9 dated to 1350-1500AD, and these latter sherds are seen as residual.
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- Chaz Morse
- 12-10-2011
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- Chaz Morse
- 12-10-2011