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Short Description:
Cut of pit with inverted urn
Issued to
Sam Walsh | 14/07/2016
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Interpretation

    • Cut of pit deliberately dug from the south-west for the deposition of the urn. The urn was then packed with surrounding surface soil, wedged in place with stones with pot projecting above the surface with stone cap and other stones in a cairn like structure.
      • Stuart Noon
    • 27-10-2016

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Circular
  • Rounded
  • 0.55m length, 0.65m width, 0.40m depth
  • Sharp
  • Top SE of base
  • Steep
  • Sharp
  • Flat
  • Na
  • Na
  • indistinct cut

Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: BLS_302
    • Bronze age cremation burial with urn

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
  • Photo: BLS_177245
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    • west facing post excavation photo of Trench 6
  • Photo: BLS_177246
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    • west facing post excavation photo of Trench 6
  • Photo: BLS_177249
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    • west facing post excavation photo of Trench 6

Plan

  • Plan: BLS_2
    • Multi context plan of trench 3
    • Brendon Wilkins
    • 17-7-2016

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