ABCD: 1508

Victoria St 68 Hereford

Site code:

1508

Site details:

Location: Victoria St 68, Hereford, 1985, Hereford & Worcester, England SO5040
Period: Saxon (medieval)
Category: urban occupation
Notes: site underlying medieval defences, corn drying kilns
Topography: lowland river valley
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Hood J S R and Arthur J R B. 1985. Seeds, grasses and grain: Victoria Street. 97 & fiche M9.D1-2.In: Shoesmith R. Hereford City Excavations. Volume 3: The Finds. CBA Research Report 56. England, Hereford & Worcester

Processed by

JRA - Arthur, J R B:

JSH - Hood, J S R: EAU, York Univ

Sample: 1508a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.MS	89, 309	oven fill	nr	Saxon	640	810
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: interpreted as grain drying kiln/oven, much burnt daub Archaeological interpretion: constructed of re-used Roman materials
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 2 1 Crataegus/Malus/Pyrus/Sorbus sp. cwd c p 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c 60 4 Quercus sp. cwd c p 1 Triticum aestivo-compactum pro c 43 4

Sample: 1508b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.MS	360	oven layer	nr	Saxon	640	810
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: assoc. with grain drying oven
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c Q% 24 3 Hordeum vulgare pro c Q% 28 4 Triticum turgidum pro c Q% 48 4

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