ABCD: 1001

Rhuddlan 79-80 nr Rhyl

Site code:

1001

Site details:

Location: Rhuddlan 79-80, nr Rhyl, 1985, Clwyd, Wales SJ030779
Period: Anglo-Saxon/Early medieval
Category: burgh
Notes: samples from under the S defences of the burgh
Topography: river terrace
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Williams D. 1985. The plant remains. In: Manley J, Otlet R L, Walker A J and Williams D. Early medieval radiocarbon dates and plant remains from Rhuddlan, Clwyd. Archaeol. Cambrensis. 134. 106-19. Wales, Clwyd

Processed by

CAK - Keepax, Carole:

DW - Williams, Dorian: York, EAU

Sample: 1001a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.AS	1-10	charcoal spread	charred material	Anglo-Saxon	0920	0990
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: workmen's campfires on pre-rampart surface Archaeological interpretion: food debris thrown into the fires
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Achillea sp. pro c N3 1 1 Agrostemma githago pro c 1 1 Anagallis arvensis pro c 1 1 Anthemis cotula pro c 130 4 Anthriscus sp. pro w S1 6 3 Avena sp. pro c N1 549 5 Bromus hordeaceus pro c N4 5 3 Carex sp. pro c Q2 * 1 Cerastium sp. pro w C 3 2 cf. Cannabis sativa pro c 1 1 cf. Linum sp. pro c 1 1 Chenopodium album pro w C 2 1 Chenopodium sp. pro w C 13 3 Cirsium sp. pro w C 1 1 Compositae pro c 1 1 Corylus avellana pro c Q1 **** 1 Cyperaceae pro c 1 1 Fumaria sp. pro w S2 15 3 Galium sp. pro w C 1 1 Gramineae pro c 4 2 Juncus sp. pro c Q2 * 1 Lapsana communis pro w C1 4 2 Pisum sativum pro c 111 4 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w C 3 2 Prunus sp. pro c 3 2 Ranunculus sp. pro w C 2 1 Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro c 1 1 Raphanus raphanistrum pro c 2 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro c 7 3 Rumex sp. pro c 2 1 Sonchus sp. pro w C 1 1 Taraxacum officinale agg. pro w S3 2 1 Trifolium sp. pro c 4 2 Triticum sp. pro c N2 66 4 Umbelliferae pro c 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w C 10 3 Vicia cf. cracca pro c 1 1 Vicia cf. sativa pro c 2 1 Vicia faba pro c 4 2 Vicia hirsuta pro c 3 2 Vicia sp. pro c 61 4 Viola sp. pro w C 4 2

Sample: 1001b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.AS	1-10	charcoal spread	charred material	Anglo-Saxon	0920	0990
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: workmen's campfires on pre-rampart surface Archaeological interpretion: food debris thrown into the fires
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus/Corylus sp. cwd c p 1 Betula sp. cwd c p 1 Leguminosae cwd c N5 p 1 Pomoideae cwd c p 1 Quercus sp. cwd c p 1

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