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ABCD: 1138

Newstead 05-10 nr Melrose


Site code:
1138


Site details:
Location: Newstead 05-10, nr Melrose, 1911, Borders, Scotland NT5634
Period: Roman
Category: fort
Notes: >100 pits/shallow wells in the fort & S & W Annexe etc
Topography: river valley
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Tagg H F. 1911. Appendix Vegetable remains. 353-62. In: Curle J. 1908. A Roman frontier post and its people - the Fort of Newstead in the Parish of Melrose. Glasgow: Maclehose and Sons. Scotland, Borders

Processed by
HFT - Tagg, Harry F: Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens

Sample: 1138a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.RM.ER:MR nr pit fills dark black organic Roman 80 210

Context integrity: 1
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: art
Dating validity: 2
Environmental interpretion: rubbish including chaff from winnowing/cleaning grain
Archaeological interpretion: > 100 rubbish pits

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Agrostemma githago pro w T4 p 1
Alchemilla vulgaris pro w Q p 1
Alnus glutinosa wwd w Q p 1
Arenaria serpyllifolia pro w Q p 1
Atriplex sp. pro w Q p 1
Betula sp. brk w QA p 1
Betula sp. cat w QA p 1
Betula sp. wwd w QA p 1
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w QT p 1
Calluna vulgaris fls w Q p 1
Calluna vulgaris lvs w Q p 1
Calluna vulgaris pro w Q p 1
Calluna vulgaris stm w Q p 1
Carex sp. pro w PQ p 1
cf. Fagopyrum esculentum pro w T6 p 1
cf. Heracleum sphondylium stm w Q p 1
cf. Hordeum sp. pro w Q p 1
Chenopodium album pro w Q p 1
Chenopodium sp. pro w Q p 1
Cirsium arvense pro w T1 p 1
Corylus avellana brk w Q p 1
Corylus avellana cat w Q p 1
Corylus avellana pro w Q p 1
Corylus avellana wwd w Q p 1
Empetrum nigrum pro w Q p 1
Erica sp. pro w Q p 1
Festuca cf. ovina lvs w Q p 1
Filicales rhi w Q p 1
Fragaria cf. vesca pro w Q p 1
Fraxinus excelsior wwd w Q p 1
Galeopsis tetrahit pro w Q p 1
Geranium cf. dissectum pro w Q p 1
Geranium cf. molle pro w Q p 1
Geranium sp. pro w Q p 1
Gramineae pro w PQ p 1
indet. mos w PQ p 1
Isolepis setacea pro w Q p 1
Juncus cf. effusus pro w Q p 1
Juncus cf. squarrosus pro w Q p 1
Lithospermum sp. pro w Q p 1
Medicago lupulina pro w Q p 1
Myosotis sp. pro w Q p 1
Pedicularis palustris pro w Q p 1
Picris hieracioides pro w Q p 1
Polygonum aviculare pro w Q p 1
Polygonum sp. pro w Q p 1
Polytrichum commune stm w Q! p 1
Potentilla argentea pro w Q p 1
Potentilla erecta pro w QT p 1
Pteridium aquilinum pin w T7 p 1
Quercus sp. wwd w AQ p 1
Ranunculus bulbosus pro w Q p 1
Ranunculus repens pro w Q p 1
Ranunculus sp. pro w Q p 1
Reseda cf. lutea pro w Q p 1
Rubus sp. pro w Q p 1
Rumex acetosa pro w Q p 1
Rumex acetosella pro w Q p 1
Rumex obtusifolius per w Q p 1
Rumex sanguineus per w Q p 1
Salix/Populus sp. wwd w Q p 1
Scirpus sylvaticus pro w Q p 1
Silene alba pro w T5 p 1
Sinapis arvensis pro w Q p 1
Solanum dulcamara pro w Q p 1
Sorbus aria wwd w T2 p 1
Sorbus aucuparia wwd w T3 p 1
Stellaria holostea pro w Q p 1
Stellaria media pro w Q p 1
Trichophorum cespitosum pro w Q p 1
Triticum sp. chf w Q p 1
Triticum sp. pro w Q p 1
Urtica dioica pro w Q p 1
Urtica urens pro w Q p 1


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