Contexts
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Context: PCO06_1168
- dumped deposit
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Context: PCO06_1169
- Irregular pit cut
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Context: PCO06_1170
- Fill of irregular pit cut [1169].
Subgroup Narrative Text
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- Contex (1170) was the fill of pit cut [1169]. The fill was a very dark organic looking material, with large amounts of Roman pottery; no pot from any later period was recorded. This fill was quite mixed, and may have included many dumps; sampled as <68>. The broad shallow form of this feature resulted from extensive horizontal truncation, primarily from the post Medieval period. It is not certain that this pit cut was dug for the purpose of receiving fill (1170). However given that this fill is not like an inwash deposit or errosional gravel deposit that would result from a quarry pit being excavated and subsequently abandoned, these contexts are seen as forming a distinct subgroup. Given the mixed nature of the fill it is likely that this was a rubbish pit.
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- Chaz Morse
- 1-12-2010
Dating Narrative
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- A total of 48 pot sherds were recovered from this feature, all of which were dated to 250-400 AD.
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- Chaz Morse
- 1-12-2010