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Short Description:
Bronze age layer below cremation
Issued to
Stuart Noon | 12/07/2016
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Interpretation

    • Early Bronze Age landscape activity horizon
      • Stuart Noon
    • 24-10-2016
    • Early Bronze Age Landscape activity horizon. The compaction, lithic finds, abraded pot fragments and cremated fragments indicate that it was exposed for a significant period and represents a relict landscape surface
      • Stuart Noon
    • 27-10-2016

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Firm
  • Light reddish- brown
  • Silty sand
  • Small sub-angular stones
  • Length 1.0m Width 1.0m+ Depth 0.05m
  • Lens within 3003
  • Dry cloudy

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Pot 2 15 Post-medieval
Stone 1 1 Possible chert

Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: BLS_162916
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    • Trench 3 mid-excavation, facing East
  • Photo: BLS_162917
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    • Trench 3 mid-excavation, facing North
  • Photo: BLS_162918
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    • Trench 3 mid-excavation, facing West
  • Photo: BLS_162919
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    • Trench 3 mid-excavation, facing South

Objects

  • Find: BLS_53
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    • Prehistoric SE Cumbs chert (or possibly flint) tool frag or debitage
    • Stone
  • Find: BLS_55
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    • Prehistoric chert debitage with some retouch, possibly to form burins/gouges.
    • Stone
  • Find: BLS_60
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    • Late Neolithic to Bronze Age chert debitage
    • Stone
  • Find: BLS_61
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    • Possible vessel fragment, no extant surfaces
    • Ceramic

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