ABCD: 1733

Athenry Castle 89 Athenry, Galway

Site code:

1733

Site details:

Location: Athenry Castle 89, Athenry, Galway, 1991, Galway, Ireland, Eire -0010
Period: medieval
Category: castle
Notes: exact number of samples not given; non-urban castle
Topography: lowland
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Collins B. 1991. Plant remains. 25-7. In: Papazian C. 1991. Excavations at Athenry Castle, Co. Galway. J. Galway Archaeol. Hist. Soc. 43. 1. Ireland, Eire, Galway

Processed by

BC - Collins, B: Dublin, Ireland

Sample: 1733a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD	167	pit fill	sandy clay loams	medieval	1275	1330
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: mn Dating method: - Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: cess pit Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 22 3 Carex rostrata/vesicaria pro m 1 1 Chenopodium sp. pro m 4 1 Crataegus monogyna pro m 1 1 Fragaria vesca pro m 4 1 Malus sp. pro m 6 2 Prunella vulgaris pro m 1 1 Prunus sp. pro m 2 1 Solanum nigrum pro m 1 1 Sorbus aucuparia pro m 2 1 Triticum sp. pro c 3 1 Urtica dioica pro m 1 1

Sample: 1733b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD.HM:LM	161	garderobe layer	organic	late 13th or early 14th	1275	1330
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: mn Dating method: pot Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: cess Archaeological interpretion: layer outside garderobe shute
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sativa pro c A 3 1 Carex rostrata/vesicaria pro m 1 1 Carex sp. pro m 2 1 cf. Cerealia clm m 1 1 Chenopodium sp. pro m 2 1 Fragaria vesca pro m 4 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro m Q + 1 Rubus idaeus pro m Q + 1

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