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ABCD: 1053

Townwall Roushill 58-9 Shrewsbury


Site code:
1053


Site details:
Location: Townwall Roushill 58-9, Shrewsbury, 1962, Shropshire, England SJ492125
Period: medieval ?c. 1275-18th c
Category: town defences
Notes: peaty layer, mid 14th c, assoc. with layer against town wall
Topography: lowland
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Lambert C A. 1962. In: Sinker C A. 1961. Geographical and ecological implications of the excavation. 207-10. In: Barker P. Excavations on the Town Wall, Roushill, Shrewsbury. Medieval Archaeol. 5. 181-211. England, Shropshire

Processed by
CAL - Lambert, C A: (see CAD) Botany School, Cambridge

Sample: 1053a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.MD.HM 5A accumulation layer buff & pinkish clay medieval 1300 1400

Context integrity: 1
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: arte
Dating validity: 2
Environmental interpretion: peat layer representing local vegetation/meadows
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Betula sp. pro w Q r 1
Carex sp. pro w PQ a 4
Centaurea nigra pro w Q f 3
cf. Galium sp. pro w Q r 1
cf. Myosoton aquaticum pro w Q r 1
cf. Scrophulariaceae pro w Q o 3
Chelidonium majus pro w Q r 1
Chrysanthemum segetum pro w Q r 1
Cirsium sp. pro w Q o 3
Climacium dendroides lsh w Q a 4
Cruciferae pro w Q a 4
Eleocharis palustris pro w Q r 1
Hypochoeris glabra/radicata pro w Q r 1
Lapsana communis pro w Q r 1
Leontodon hispidus/leysseri pro w Q r 1
Luzula multiflora/sylvestris pro w Q r 1
Mentha arvensis/aquatica pro w Q r 1
Picris hieracioides pro w Q r 1
Plantago major pro w Q f 3
Polygonum aviculare pro w Q o 3
Polygonum hydropiper pro w Q o 3
Potentilla erecta pro w Q f 3
Primula elatior/veris pro w Q r 1
Prunella laciniata/vulgaris pro w Q a 4
Pteridium aquilinum pin w Q a 4
Ranunculus acris/repens pro w Q a 4
Ranunculus flammula pro w Q o 3
Ranunculus repens pro w Q f 3
Rhinanthus sp. pro w Q f 3
Rumex acetosa pro w Q r 1
Rumex acetosella pro w Q o 3
Silene maritima/vulgaris pro w TX r 1
Stachys officinalis pro w Q f 3
Stachys sp. pro w Q r 1


Sample: 1053b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.MD.HM 3 layer black sandy silt medieval 1275 1300

Context integrity: 0
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: arte
Dating validity: 0
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Polytrichum commune sht ? Q! + 1


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