Basic Information
- Refuse pits
Group Description
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- Underlying the Post Medieval soils (1135) was (1200), the latest fill of pit [1199], which also held fill (1201), and primary fill (1239). It was a Roman pit with frequent pottery including amphora fragments and burn bones. The fills were mixed and held in a clayey-silt soil matrix. The fills of this pit indicate it could be a refuse pit, with possible ritual significance. This pit was cut into (1241), the stony fill [1240], which was dug into (2186), an early deposit used to level the area of land affected by the quarry face recorded in subgroup 209.
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- Chaz Morse
- 25-10-2011
Dating Information
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- A total of 37 pot sherds were recovered from fill (1201) all of which were dated to 140-160AD, and 6 sherds were recovered from (1239), all of which were dated to 120-160AD.
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- Chaz Morse
- 25-10-2011