| Context | Height (m AOD) | Sample | Type of deposit | Sediment description |
|---|
| 1004 | 13.7 | 10001 | pit backfill (ss) or levelling deposit | lumps of pure light-mid grey clay in a matrix of mid-dark reddish/orange grey-brown firm (working crumbly, then plastic), slightly sandy clay silt with fragments of very rotted wood and rotted mortar to 10mm, traces of charcoal and mm-scale yellowish 'ochre' patches; patch of white 'efflorescence' |
| 1004 | 13.6 | 10002 | pit backfill (ss) or levelling deposit | essentially as 10001; lump of limestone to 150mm and bone to 200mm |
| 1004 | 13.5 | 10003 | pit backfill (ss) or levelling deposit | matrix essentially as 10001/10002 but very little clay |
| 1004 | 13.4 | 10004 | pit backfill (ss) or levelling deposit | essentially like 10003 but some apparently somewhat indurated 'earthy' lumps; mortar to 50mm, twig fragments and tile all present |
| 1017 | 13.2 | 10005 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | mid-dark grey-brown, just consolidated (working plastic), slightly sandy silty clay or clay silt with some organic detritus; mm-scale lighter and darker mottling; some 6-20mm stones, mortar/plaster, brick/tile, pot, charcoal and small and large mammal bone fragments |
| 1017 | 13.1 | 10006 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | as 10005 but more homogeneous and more organic |
| 1020 | 13 | 10007 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | mid-dark slightly purplish-brown, soft, crumbly (working plastic) amorphous organic sediment with a clay silt texture; traces of limestone >60mm and charcoal present; rare mm-scale orange patches (presumably oxidised herbaceous detritus and/or decayed wood) |
| 1020 | 12.9 | 10008 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | mid-dark slightly orange- and purple-brown, soft, crumbly (working slightly plastic) amorphous organic sediment with some pot, large and small mammal bone fragments, fish bone and eggshell and appreciable quantities of leather fragments |
| 1025 | 12.9 | 10009 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | mid-dark chocolate-brown, very soft, crumbly (working barely plastic) amorphous organic sediment (having very much the look of food debris) with some brick/tile, leather, wood (some mineral-replaced), nutshell, white 'efflorescence', small and large mammal bone fragments, marine mollusc shell, copper-corrosion products and fungal mycelium, the last presumably modern |
| 1025 | 12.8 | 10010 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | mid-dark brown (with a gingery-orange cast) very soft, crumbly amorphous organic sediment showing some efflorescence of white crystals on surfaces within tub; ?dog coprolite and abundant wood present |
| 1026 | 12.6 | 10011 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | dark grey-brown, crumbly, somewhat crisp (working just plastic), slightly sandy clay silt in texture, with ?faecal concretions |
| 1026 | 12.5 | 10012 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | as 10011 but slightly lighter and even more soft and crumbly; some pot present |
| 1026 | 12.4 | 10013 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | dark grey (with orange/red cast), crumbly (working plastic) sandy clay silt with a well-rotted humic component; some burnt large and small mammal bone, and marine mollusc shell fragments; clear evidence of linear voids ('burrows') giving oxidation locally |
| 1032 | 12.3 | 10014 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | a charcoal-rich deposit, very heterogeneous; matrix very dark grey, crisp (working almost plastic) sandy clay silt (texture) with pale orange reticulate mottling at mm-scale; large and small mammal bone fragments present; has the appearance of bonfire ash |
| 1033 | 12.4 | 10015 | ?surface deposit, perhaps dump rather than build-up | mid-dark brown, just unconsolidated, crumbly (working just plastic), slightly sandy clay silt in texture; mottled darker and lighter at mm-scale and containing very dense ?concretions; one live earthworm! |