ABCD: 1125

Kirkwall 78 Orkney, KIM 78 & KIB78

Site code:

1125

Site details:

Location: Kirkwall 78, Orkney, KIM 78 & KIB78, 1982, Orkney, Scotland HY4460113
Period: medieval-post medieval
Category: !urban
Notes: 2 sites examined for plants: Mounthoolie Lane & 57 Albert St
Topography: coastal beach
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Hall A R. 1982. The plant remains. 428-9. In: McGavin N A. 1982. Excavations in Kirkwall, 1978. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scotland. 112. 392-436. Scotland, Orkney

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ARH - Hall, Dr Allan: EAU, York Univ

Sample: 1125a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD:PM.LM:16	KIM78, KIB	midden layers/dumps	blackish crumbly amo	med/post-med	1400	1600
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: art Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: dumping of material from mixed origins Archaeological interpretion: build-up behind sea walls and on beach
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Agrostis sp. pro w Q + 1 Aulacomnium palustre sht w Q ++ 1 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w Q + 1 Brassica sp. pro w PQ ++ 1 Bryum sp. sht w Q + 1 Calliergon cuspidatum sht w Q + 1 Calluna vulgaris fls w Q +++ 1 Calluna vulgaris pro w Q + 1 Calluna vulgaris sht w Q +++ 1 Calluna vulgaris twi w Q +++ 1 Caltha palustris pro w Q + 1 Campanula bursa-pastoris pro w Q + 1 Campylopus sp. sht w PQ ++ 1 Carduus/Cirsium sp. pro w Q + 1 Carex sp. pro w PQ ++ 1 Cerealia pro w Q + 1 cf. Artemisia sp. pro w Q + 1 cf. Bromus sp. pro w PQ + 1 cf. Senecio sp. pro w Q + 1 Chenopodium album pro w Q + 1 Chrysanthemum segetum pro w Q + 1 Corylus avellana pro w Q + 1 Cyperaceae pro w Q + 1 Dicranum sp. sht w Q ++ 1 Ditrichum heteromallum sht w Q + 1 Eleocharis palustris sl pro w Q + 1 Empetrum sp. frs w Q + 1 Empetrum sp. lvs w Q + 1 Erica cinerea lvs w Q + 1 Erica tetralix lvs w Q + 1 Eriophorum vaginatum rhi w Q + 1 Eriophorum vaginatum spn w Q ++ 1 Euphorbia helioscopia pro w Q + 1 Eurhynchium praelongum sht w Q + 1 Ficus carica pro w Q + 1 Filipendula ulmaria pro w Q + 1 Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro w Q + 1 Gramineae pro w Q ++ 1 Hylocomium splendens sht w Q + 1 Hypnum cupressiforme sht w Q ++ 1 Juncus bufonius pro w Q + 1 Juncus cf. acutiflorus pro w Q + 1 Juncus cf. articulatus pro w Q + 1 Juncus conglomeratus type pro w Q ++ 1 Juncus sp. pro w PQ + 1 Lamium purpureum pro w Q + 1 Lapsana communis pro w Q + 1 Leontodon sp. pro w Q + 1 Linum catharticum pro w Q + 1 Linum usitatissimum cps w Q + 1 Linum usitatissimum pro w Q + 1 Luzula sp. pro w Q + 1 Matricaria maritima pro w TQ + 1 Matricaria perforata pro w QT + 1 Menyanthes trifoliata pro w Q + 1 Mnium hornum sht w Q + 1 Mnium sp. lvs w Q + 1 Pedicularis palustris pro w Q + 1 Pinus sp. wwd w Q + 1 Plantago cf. coronopus pro w Q + 1 Plantago major pro w Q + 1 Pleurozium schreberi sht w Q + 1 Poa annua pro w Q + 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w Q ++ 1 Polygonum persicaria pro w Q + 1 Polytrichum sp. sht w Q + 1 Potentilla cf. erecta pro w Q ++ 1 Potentilla palustris pro w Q + 1 Prunella vulgaris pro w Q + 1 Pseudoscleropodium purum sht w Q + 1 Racomitrium canescens sht w Q ++ 1 Ranunculus flammula pro w Q + 1 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w Q ++ 1 Raphanus raphanistrum pds w Q + 1 Rhinanthus sp. pro w Q + 1 Rhytidiadelphus loreus sht w Q ++ 1 Rumex acetosella pro w Q ++ 1 Rumex sp. pro w Q + 1 Sagina sp. pro w Q + 1 Selaginella selaginoides mgs w Q + 1 Silene maritima/vulgaris pro w Q + 1 Sonchus asper pro w Q + 1 Spergula arvensis pro w Q ++ 1 Sphagnum sp. sht w PQ + 1 Stellaria media pro w Q +++ 1 Urtica dioica pro w Q + 1 Urtica urens pro w Q + 1 Viola sp. pro w Q + 1

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