ABCD: 1066

Newcastle Bastion 76-81 Newcastle upon Tyne

Site code:

1066

Site details:

Location: Newcastle Bastion 76-81, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1983, Tyne and Wear, England NZ250640
Period: post medieval
Category: civil war defences
Notes: v. poor botanical report. See also the Black Gate
Topography: lowland riverside
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Donaldson A M. 1983. Botanical report. 256-8. In: Ellison M and Harbottle B. The excavation of a 17th century Bastion in the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1976-81. Archaeol. Aeliana. 11. 136-263. England, Tyne and Wear

Donaldson A M. 1983. Wood fragments recovered in the general samples. 258. In: Ellison M and Harbottle B. The excavation of a 17th century Bastion in the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1976-81. Archaeol. Aeliana. 11. 136-263. England, Tyne and Wear

Processed by

AMD - Donaldson, A M: Durham Univ

Sample: 1066a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.PM.17	nr	ditch fill	dark silty with ash	mid 17thc	1650	1690
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: art Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: possibly night soil Archaeological interpretion: rubbish dumped into ditch lots of ash & bone
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Atriplex hastata/patula pro w 2 1 Carex sp. pro w P 18 3 Chenopodium album pro w 16 3 Galeopsis speciosa/tetrahit pro w 1 1 Gramineae pro w 5 2 Polygonum aviculare pro w 12 3 Prunella vulgaris pro w 5 2 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w 7 2 Raphanus raphanistrum pro w 1 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 1 1 Rumex sp. pro w A 1 1 Stellaria alsine pro w 1 1

Sample: 1066b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.PM.17	nr	ditch fill	dark silty with ash	mid 17thc	1650	1690
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: art Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: possibly night soil Archaeological interpretion: rubbish dumped into ditch lots of ash & bone
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Picea abies wwd w Q + 1 Pinus sylvestris wwd w Q + 1 Quercus sp. wwd w Q + 1

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