ABCD: 1042

Birmingham Moat 73-5 Birmingham

Site code:

1042

Site details:

Location: Birmingham Moat 73-5, Birmingham, 1980, West Midlands, England SP070870
Period: medieval-post-medieval
Category: moated site
Notes: salvage watching brief/monolith tin samples
Topography: lowland
Condition: waterlogged
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Greig J R A. 1980. The plant remains. 66-72. In: Watts L. 1980. Birmingham moat, its history, topography and destruction. Trans. Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeol. Soc. (for 78-9). 89. 1-72. England, West Midlands

Processed by

JRG - Greig, James R: Birmingham Univ, Dept Plant Sciences

Sample: 1042a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.PM.16:17	ML3 Base 3	moat fill	fine sandy silt loam	med/post-medieval	1450	1700
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: arte Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: doc. evidence of cess input in early 19th
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Acer campestre pro w A 8 2 Anthemis cotula pro w 3 1 Arctium sp. pro w 1 1 Betula pendula pro w 1 1 Carduus sp. pro w 5 2 Cirsium sp. pro w 2 1 Conium maculatum pro w 7 2 Corylus avellana pro w 2 1 Crataegus sp. pro w 3 1 Ilex aquifolium pro w 1 1 Nuphar lutea pro w 3 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 1 1 Potamogeton sp. pro w 2 1 Prunus spinosa pro w 1 1 Ranunculus sceleratus pro w 2 1 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w A 2 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 23 3 Rumex sp. pro w 4 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 77 4 Solanum dulcamara pro w 1 1 Sonchus asper pro w 2 1 Sparganium sp. pro w 8 2 Stellaria media pro w 1 1 Torilis japonica pro w 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w 5 2

Sample: 1042b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.PM.16:17	ML3 Base 3	moat fill	fine sandy silt loam	med/post-medieval	1450	1700
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: arte Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: doc. evidence of cess input in early 19th
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Acer sp. pol w Q + 1 Alisma sp. pol w Q + 1 Alnus glutinosa pol w % 20 3 Artemisia sp. pol w Q + 1 Betula sp. pol w % 4 1 Cannabaceae pol w % 5 2 Caryophyllaceae pol w Q + 1 Centaurea cyanus pol w % 1 1 Centaurea nigra pol w % 1 1 Cerealia pol w % 5 2 cf. Caltha palustris pol w Q + 1 cf. Iris pseudacorus pol w Q + 1 Chenopodiaceae pol w Q + 1 Compositae Liguliflorae pol w % 2 1 Compositae Tubuliflorae pol w % 2 1 Corylus avellana pol w % 6 2 Cruciferae pol w % 1 1 Cyperaceae pol w % 1 1 Epilobium sp. pol w % 3 1 Ericales pol w Q + 1 Fagus sylvatica pol w Q + 1 Filipendula ulmaria pol w Q + 1 Fraxinus excelsior pol w % 6 2 Gramineae pol w % 25 3 Ilex aquifolium pol w Q + 1 Jasione montana pol w % 1 1 Leguminosae pol w % 1 1 Nuphar lutea pol w Q + 1 Nymphaea alba pol w Q + 1 Pinus sp. pol w Q + 1 Plantago cf. media pol w Q + 1 Plantago lanceolata pol w % 2 1 Polygonum amphibium pol w Q + 1 Polygonum aviculare pol w Q + 1 Potamogeton sp. pol w Q + 1 Quercus sp. pol w % 15 3 Ranunculaceae pol w % 1 1 Rosaceae pol w % 1 1 Rubiaceae pol w Q + 1 Rumex sp. pol w % 2 1 Salix sp. pol w % 2 1 Sambucus nigra pol w % 5 2 Sanguisorba sp. pol w Q + 1 Sparganium sp. pol w Q + 1 Succisa pratensis pol w Q + 1 Tilia sp. pol w Q + 1 Ulmus sp. pol w % 1 1 Veronica sp. pol w Q + 1

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