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ABCD: 1099

Iona 79 Iona


Site code:
1099


Site details:
Location: Iona 79, Iona, 1981, Strathclyde, Scotland NM285245
Period: ??Iron age/medieval
Category: Columban monastry
Notes: in present Abbey grounds, ditch flooded nightly during dig
Topography: island coastal glacial deposits
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Fairweather A D. 1981. Macro plant samples from ditch 1. 370-5. In: Barber J W. Excavations on Iona, 1979. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scotland. 111. 282-380. Scotland, Strathclyde

Processed by
ADF - Fairweather, A D: (1981)

Sample: 1099a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PC:PR.SE.ES:MS D1 ditch fill "peat" dark age/early Christian 475 800

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: representatives of local vegetation
Archaeological interpretion: vallum ditch cut into clay

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Anthriscus sylvestris pro w Q p 1
Athyrium filix-femina ??? w Q p 1
Atrichum undulatum sht w Q! p 1
Betula cf. pubescens pro w Q p 1
Bryum sp. sht w Q! p 1
Calluna vulgaris bds w Q p 1
Cardamine pratensis pro w Q p 1
Carex cf. rostrata pro w Q p 1
Carex sp. pro w QP p 1
Cirsium vulgare pro w Q p 1
Corylus avellana pro w Q p 1
Crataegus monogyna pro w Q p 1
Dicranum Section Scoparium sht w Q! p 1
Drepanocladus exannulatus sht w Q! p 1
Drepanocladus fluitans sht w Q! p 1
Epilobium cf. parviflorum pro w Q p 1
Erica cinerea pro w Q p 1
Eurhynchium striatum sht w Q! p 1
Fraxinus excelsior frt w Q p 1
Heracleum sphondylium pro w Q p 1
Homalothecium sericeum sht w Q! p 1
Hylocomium brevirostre sht w Q! p 1
Hylocomium splendens sht w Q! p 1
Hypnum cupressiforme sht w Q! p 1
Ilex aquifolium lvs w Q p 1
Iris pseudacorus pro w Q p 1
Isothecium myosuroides sht w Q! p 1
Isothecium myurum sht w Q! p 1
Juncus articulatus pro w Q p 1
Juncus bufonius pro w Q p 1
Juncus effusus pro w Q p 1
Lychnis flos-cuculi pro w Q p 1
Mnium hornum sht w Q! p 1
Pleurozium schreberi sht w Q! p 1
Poa cf. annua pro w Q p 1
Poa cf. pratensis pro w Q p 1
Poa trivialis pro w Q p 1
Pteridium aquilinum pin w Q p 1
Ranunculus flammula pro w Q p 1
Ranunculus repens pro w Q p 1
Rhytidiadelphus loreus sht w Q! p 1
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w Q p 1
Rumex acetosa pro w Q p 1
Rumex acetosella pro w Q p 1
Rumex obtusifolius pro w Q p 1
Rumex sp. pro w P p 1
Salix cf. atro-cinerea lvs w QA p 1
Sambucus nigra pro w Q p 1
Silene cf. dioica pro w Q p 1
Sonchus asper pro w Q p 1
Sorbus aucuparia pro w Q p 1
Sphagnum palustre sht w Q! p 1
Stellaria media pro w Q p 1
Thamnobryum alopecurum sht w Q! p 1
Thuidium tamariscinum sht w Q! p 1
Umbelliferae pro w Q p 1
Urtica dioica pro w Q p 1
Viola sp. pro w QP p 1


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