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ABCD: 1017

Watergate St 85 Chester


Site code:
1017


Site details:
Location: Watergate St 85, Chester, 1988, Cheshire, England SJ405663
Period: Roman-medieval
Category: urban tenement
Notes: rock-cut pits in backyard of tenement plots
Topography: lowland
Condition: waterlogged
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Greig J R A. 1988. Plant remains. 59-69. In: Ward S. Excavations at Chester: 12 Watergate Street 1985. Chester City Council and Grosvenor Museum Archaeol. Excavations Report 5. England, Cheshire

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

Sample: 1017a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.MD.HM F9 pit fill organic dark brown mid 13th 1225 1275

Context integrity: 3
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: pottery
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: cess `sewage'
Archaeological interpretion: cess & domestic rubbish in rock-cut pit

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Acer sp. pol w 1 1
Achillea ptarmica pro w 1 1
Agrostemma githago frt w 29 3
Allium porrum lef w 20 3
Allium porrum pro w 3 1
Alnus glutinosa pol w 4 1
Anthemis cotula pro w 12 3
Anthemis type pol w 12 3
Atriplex sp. pro w 4 1
Avena sp. glm c 4 1
Avena sp. glm w 30 3
Avena sp. pro c 1 1
Brassica sp. pro w 2 1
Bryophyta lsh w + 1
Calluna vulgaris lvs w + 1
Campanulaceae pol w 2 1
Cannabaceae pol w 2 1
Cannabis sativa pro w 1 1
Carex sp. pro w P 4 1
Centaurea cyanus pro w 24 3
Centaurea nigra type pol w 4 1
Centaurea scabiosa pol w + 1
Cerastium sp. pro w 1 1
Cerealia brn c +++ 1
Cerealia pol w 228 4
Cerealia pro m 2 1
Chenopodium sp. pro w 2 1
Chrysanthemum segetum pro w 35 3
Cirsium type pol w 2 1
Compositae pol w 15 3
Conium maculatum pro w 1 1
Convolvulus arvensis pol w 1 1
Corylus avellana pol w 4 1
Corylus avellana pro c 1 1
Corylus avellana pro w 2 1
Crataegus laevigata pro w 1 1
Crataegus type pol w 3 1
Cruciferae pol w 9 2
Cydonia/Pyrus end w ++ 1
Cydonia/Pyrus stc w 83 4
Cyperaceae pol w 1 1
Daucus carota pro w + 1
Eleocharis uniglumis/palustris pro w 4 1
Ericaceae pol w 3 1
Ficus carica pro w 172 4
Filipendula sp. pol w 12 3
Foeniculum vulgare pro w 3 1
Fragaria vesca pro w 1 1
Gramineae pol w 56 4
Gramineae pro w 2 1
Hedera helix pol w 1 1
Hordeum vulgare pro c + 1
Ilex aquifolium pro w + 1
Juncus sp. pro w + 1
Lamium type pol w 1 1
Lapsana communis pro w 24 3
Lathyrus sp. pol w 4 1
Leontodon taraxacoides pro w 3 1
Linum usitatissimum cps w 2 1
Linum usitatissimum pro w 3 1
Lotus type pol w 7 2
Malus sylvestris end w 175 4
Malus sylvestris pro w 2 1
Malus/Pyrus sp. pro w 6 2
Malva sp. pro w 1 1
Ononis type pol w 2 1
Papaver somniferum pro w 1 1
Papaver sp. pol w 1 1
Pisum sativum fef w 14 3
Pisum sativum hil w 15 3
Pisum sativum pro c 7 2
Plantago lanceolata pol w 4 1
Plantago media pol w + 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w T 2 1
Polygonum hydropiper pro w 1 1
Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 4 1
Potentilla type pol w 1 1
Prunus cerasus pro w 2 1
Prunus domestica ssp. domestica pro w T 2 1
Prunus domestica ssp. insititia pro w T 4 1
Prunus sp. fef w 11 3
Prunus spinosa pro w 31 3
Prunus type pol w 1 1
Pteridium aquilinum pin w 2 1
Pyrus sp. pro w 14 3
Quercus sp. pol w 6 2
Ranunculus flammula pro w 1 1
Ranunculus sardous pro w 1 1
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w Q + 1
Ranunculus type pol w 3 1
Raphanus raphanistrum pro w 6 2
Ribes uva-crispa pro w + 1
Rosa sp. pro w 1 1
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 28 3
Rumex acetosella agg. pro w 6 2
Rumex sp. pro w 2 1
Salix sp. pol w 1 1
Sambucus nigra pro w + 1
Secale cereale pro c + 1
Secale cereale rch c + 1
Solanum dulcamara pol w 1 1
Solanum nigrum pro w 1 1
Sorbus aria pro w 2 1
Sorbus torminalis pro w + 1
Spergula arvensis pro w 1 1
Thlaspi arvense pro w 1 1
Torilis japonica pro w 1 1
Trifolium pratense pol w 2 1
Trifolium repens pol w 20 3
Triticum sp. pro c 2 1
Ulex sp. lef w 1 1
Umbelliferae pol w 4 1
Urtica dioica pro w 1 1
Urtica urens pro w 1 1
Vaccinium sp. pro w 44 3
Vicia faba fef w 16 3
Vicia faba pro c 5 2
Vicia sativa pro c 2 1
Vicia sp. pro c 1 1
Vitis vinifera pro w + 1


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