ABCD: 1007

Tattershall Thorpe 79-80 nr Horncastle

Site code:

1007

Site details:

Location: Tattershall Thorpe 79-80, nr Horncastle, 1986, Lincolnshire, England TF220590
Period: Iron Age
Category: defended enclosure/fort
Notes: monolith tin from outer enclosure ditch of fort
Topography: lowland, gravels
Condition: waterlogged
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Chowne P, Girling M and Greig J. 1986. Excavations at an Iron Age defended enclosure at Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire. Proc. Prehist. Soc. 52. 159-88. England, Lincolnshire

Processed by

JRG - Greig, James R: Birmingham Univ, Dept Plant Sciences

Sample: 1007a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.IA	12	ditch fill	highly organic	Iron Age	-580	-220
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: vegetative fill Archaeological interpretion: wet defensive ditch
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Aphanes arvensis agg. pro w 5 2 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 1 1 Carex sp. pro w 18 3 Cerastium cf. fontanum pro w T 91 4 Cerastium sp. pro w 7 2 cf. Ballota nigra pro w 1 1 Chenopodium cf. album pro w 9 2 Cirsium arvense/palustre pro w 31 3 Daucus carota pro w 7 2 Eleocharis palustris/uniglumis pro w 2 1 Galeopsis sp. pro w 8 2 Galium sp. pro w 1 1 Gramineae pro w 105 4 Hypochoeris glabra/radicata pro w 12 3 indet. bds w X 512 5 Isolepis setacea pro w T 1 1 Juncus sp. pro w 19 3 Lapsana communis pro w 1 1 Leontodon sp. pro w 64 4 Luzula sp. pro w 1 1 Lycopus europaeus pro w 1 1 Moehringia trinervia pro w 7 2 Montia fontana ssp. chondrosperma pro w 44 3 Papaver argemone pro w 2 1 Polygonum aviculare pro w 12 3 Polygonum hydropiper pro w 223 4 Polygonum lapathifolium pro w X 11 3 Polygonum mite pro w X 1 1 Potamogetonaceae pro w X 78 4 Quercus sp. pro w 1 1 Ranunculus acris/bulbosus/repens pro w 3 1 Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w 828 5 Raphanus raphanistrum pro w 2 1 Rorippa sp. pro w 9 2 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 2 1 Rumex acetosella pro w 420 4 Rumex cf. conglomeratus pro w 2 1 Rumex cf. crispus pro w 1 1 Rumex cf. hydrolapathum pro w 1 1 Rumex sp. pro w 15 3 Sambucus nigra pro w 15 3 Senecio cf. erucifolius pro w 8 2 Solanum nigrum pro w 4 1 Sonchus asper pro w 33 3 Spergula arvensis pro w 95 4 Stellaria graminea pro w 1 1 Stellaria holostea pro w 1 1 Stellaria media/neglecta pro w 20 3 Torilis japonica pro w 1 1 Triticum sp. glb c 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w 252 4 Urtica urens pro w 12 3

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