ABCD: 1189

Tarraby Lane 76 Carlisle, Hadrians Wall

Site code:

1189

Site details:

Location: Tarraby Lane 76, Carlisle, Hadrians Wall, 1978, Cumbria, England NY405575
Period: Roman 2nd c AD
Category: defences
Notes: series of ditches between wall & vallum ?assoc with Vicus
Topography: glacial till lowland
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Balaam N. 1978. Pollen analyses of the buried soils. 54-6. In: Smith G H. Excavations near Hadrian's Wall at Tarraby Lane 1976. Britannia. 9. 49-56. England, Cumbria

Donaldson A M. 1978. The macroscopic botanical evidence. 56. In: Smith G H. Excavations near Hadrian's Wall at Tarraby Lane 1976. Britannia. 9. 49-56. England, Cumbria

Processed by

AMD - Donaldson, A M: Durham Univ

Sample: 1189a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO.RM.ER	D837 C620	ditch fill	nr	Roman	100	150
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: pot Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: meadowland when ditch backfilled Archaeological interpretion: prob. pre-vallum drainage ditch, backfilled
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Carex echinata pro w 39 3 Carex panicea pro w 1 1 Carex rostrata/vesicaria pro w 20 3 Carex sp. pro w 5 2 Gramineae flo w 670 5 Lychnis flos-cuculi pro w 30 3 Potentilla anserina pro w 1 1 Potentilla erecta pro w 13 3 Potentilla palustris pro w 1 1 Pteridium aquilinum pin w 1 1 Ranunculus sceleratus pro w 3 1 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w 8 2 Rumex sp. pro w A 1 1 Stellaria media pro w 2 1 Urtica dioica pro w 1 1

Sample: 1189b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO.RM.MR	P479	pit fill	nr	Roman	125	175
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: pot Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: nutrient rich wasteground and open water Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Carex sp. pro w 2 1 Chara sp. oog w 16 3 Chenopodium botryodes/glaucum/rubrum pro w 30 3 Gramineae pro w 5 2 Juncus articulatus/acutiflorus pro w 1 1 Juncus conglomeratus/effusus/inflexus pro w 2 1 Lemna trisulca pro w 18 3 Menyanthes trifoliata pro w 5 2 Potamogeton friesii pro w 5 2 Urtica dioica pro w 142 4

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