ABCD: 1372

Taunton Priory 80 Taunton

Site code:

1372

Site details:

Location: Taunton Priory 80, Taunton, 1984, Somerset, England ST230240
Period: medieval
Category: monastic
Notes: samples from pits and ditches
Topography: lowland
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Greig J R A and Osborne P J. 1984. Plant and insect remains at Taunton Priory. 160-5. In: Leach P (ed.). The archaeology of Taunton: excavations and fieldwork to 1980. Gloucester: Western Archaeol. Trust Excavation Monograph 8. England, Somerset

Processed by

GC - Cambell, Gillian: Glasgow/Oxford Univs

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

SMC - Colledge, Susan M: Birmingham Univ/ Institute of Archaeol. London

Sample: 1372a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD.?	F68	pit fill	ashy & organic/peaty	medieval	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: ? Archaeological interpretion: ?
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Sonchus asper pro ? !Q 1 1 Stellaria graminea pro ? !Q 1 1 Agrostemma githago pro ? !Q 37 3 Alnus sp. pro ? !Q 1 1 Anthemis cotula pro ? !Q 237 4 Arctium sp. pro ? !Q 2 1 Atriplex sp. pro ? !Q 45 3 Avena sp. pro c Q 326 4 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro ? !Q 8 2 Brassica sp. pro ? !Q 9 2 Carex sp. pro ? !Q 5 2 Centaurea cyanus pro ? !Q 67 4 Centaurea sp. pro ? !Q 1 1 Cerealia pro c Q 136 4 cf. Chamaemelum nobile pro ? !Q 1 1 cf. Luzula sp. pro ? !Q 8 2 cf. Senecio sp. pro ? !Q 1 1 cf. Ulex sp. spi ? !Q 3 1 cf. Vicia sativa pro ? !Q 50 4 cf. Vicia tetrasperma pro ? !Q 94 4 Chenopodium cf. album pro ? !Q 50 4 Chenopodium cf. ficifolium pro ? !Q 8 2 Chenopodium cf. vulvaria pro ? !Q 1 1 Chenopodium sp. pro ? !Q 17 3 Chrysanthemum segetum pro ? !Q 270 4 Conium maculatum pro ? !Q 1 1 Corylus avellana pro ? !Q 2 1 Daucus carota pro ? !Q 1 1 Eleocharis uniglumis/palustris pro ? !Q 1 1 Foeniculum vulgare pro ? !Q 1 1 Fumaria sp. pro ? !Q 1 1 Galeopsis speciosa/tetrahit pro ? !Q 1 1 Galium cf. spurium pro ? !Q 1 1 Gramineae pro c Q 17 3 Hieracium sp. pro ? !Q 1 1 Hordeum sativum pro c Q 1 1 Juncus sp. pro ? !Q 1 1 Lapsana communis pro ? !Q 9 2 Leontodon sp. pro ? !Q 1 1 Leucanthemum vulgare pro ? !Q 1 1 Linum sp. pro ? !Q 40 3 Lithospermum arvense pro ? !Q 1 1 Lotus tenuis pro ? !Q 1 1 Picris echioides pro ? !Q 1 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro ? !Q 18 3 Potentilla cf. reptans pro ? !Q 1 1 Prunella vulgaris pro ? !Q 3 1 Pteridium aquilinum pro ? !Q 1 1 Ranunculus acris type pro ? !Q 10 3 Ranunculus flammula pro ? !Q 1 1 Raphanus raphanistrum pro ? !Q 2 1 Rubus/Rosa sp. pro ? !Q 2 1 Rumex acetosella pro ? !Q 26 3 Rumex longifolius pro ? !Q 1 1 Rumex obtusifolius pro ? !Q 1 1 Rumex sp. pro ? !Q 21 3 Sambucus nigra pro ? !Q 2 1 Schoenus nigricans pro ? !Q 1 1 Secale cereale pro c Q 50 4 Secale cereale rch c Q 1 1 Solanum nigrum pro ? !Q 3 1 Sonchus arvensis pro ? !Q 1 1 Stellaria media type pro ? !Q 17 3 Torilis japonica pro ? !Q 29 3 Trifolium pratense pro ? !Q 1 1 Triticum aestivo-compactum pro c Q! 109 4 Triticum sp. rch c Q 1 1 Triticum/Secale pro c Q 80 4 Urtica dioica pro ? !Q 134 4 Urtica urens pro ? !Q 1 1 Valerianella dentata pro ? !Q 1 1

Sample: 1372b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD	F68	pit fill	ashy & organic/peaty	medieval	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: ? Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: pollen from same sample as 1372a Archaeological interpretion: ?
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus sp. pol a Q p 1 Artemisia sp. pol a Q p 1 Caryophyllaceae pol a Q p 1 Centaurea cyanus pol a Q p 1 Cerealia pol a Q p 1 Chenopodiaceae pol a Q p 1 Cirsium sp. pol a Q p 1 Compositae Liguliflorae pol a Q p 1 Compositae Tubuliflorae pol a Q p 1 Corylus type pol a Q p 1 Cruciferae pol a Q p 1 Gramineae pol a Q p 1 Plantago lanceolata pol a Q p 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pol a Q p 1 Ranunculaceae pol a Q p 1 Rumex sp. pol a Q p 1 Sambucus nigra pol a Q p 1 Umbelliferae pol a Q p 1 Urtica sp. pol a Q p 1

Sample: 1372c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD	F69	ditch fill	dark grey soil with	medieval	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: wl Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: ? Archaeological interpretion: ?
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Aethusa cynapium pro ? Q 1 1 Agrostemma githago pro ? Q 117 4 Alnus sp. pro ? Q 1 1 Anthemis cotula pro ? Q 216 4 Atriplex sp. pro ? Q 27 3 Avena sp. pro c Q 45 3 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro ? Q 1 1 Brassica sp. pro ? Q 18 3 Carex sp. pro ? Q 1 1 Centaurea cyanus pro ? Q 27 3 Cerealia pro c Q 1 1 cf. Prunus spinosa tho ? Q 1 1 cf. Ulex sp. spi ? Q 9 2 cf. Vicia sativa pro ? Q 1 1 cf. Vicia tetrasperma pro ? Q 1 1 Chenopodium cf. album pro ? Q 9 2 Chenopodium cf. ficifolium pro ? Q 1 1 Chenopodium sp. pro ? Q 1 1 Chrysanthemum segetum pro ? Q 144 4 Conium maculatum pro ? Q 9 2 Corylus avellana pro ? Q 1 1 Crepis sp. pro ? Q 1 1 Eleocharis uniglumis/palustris pro ? Q 1 1 Hypochoeris radicata pro ? Q 1 1 Juncus sp. pro ? Q 1 1 Lapsana communis pro ? Q 9 2 Leontodon sp. pro ? Q 1 1 Linum sp. pro ? Q 9 2 Lycopus europaeus pro ? Q 1 1 Picris hieracioides pro ? Q 1 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro ? Q 9 2 Polygonum hydropiper pro ? Q 1 1 Polygonum lapathifolium pro ? Q 1 1 Polygonum persicaria pro ? Q 1 1 Pteridium aquilinum pro ? Q 1 1 Ranunculus acris type pro ? Q 1 1 Ranunculus flammula pro ? Q 1 1 Ranunculus sardous pro ? Q 1 1 Rubus/Rosa sp. tho ? Q 1 1 Rumex acetosella pro ? Q 9 2 Rumex obtusifolius pro ? Q 9 2 Rumex sp. pro ? Q 27 3 Salix sp. pro ? Q! 81 4 Sonchus asper pro ? Q 1 1 Stellaria graminea pro ? Q 1 1 Stellaria media pro ? Q 1 1 Torilis japonica pro ? Q 1 1 Triticum aestivo-compactum pro c QT 9 2 Urtica dioica pro ? Q 36 3 Vaccinium cf. myrtillus pro ? Q 1 1 Valerianella dentata pro ? Q 1 1

Sample: 1372d

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD	F69	ditch fill	dark grey soil with	medieval	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: wl Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: pollen as from 1372c Archaeological interpretion: ?
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus sp. pol a Q p 1 Campanulaceae pol a Q p 1 Centaurea cyanus pol a Q p 1 Cerealia pol a Q p 1 Chenopodiaceae pol a Q p 1 Compositae Liguliflorae pol a Q p 1 Compositae Tubuliflorae pol a Q p 1 Corylus type pol a Q p 1 Cruciferae pol a Q p 1 Cyperaceae pol a Q p 1 Gramineae pol a Q p 1 Plantago lanceolata pol a Q p 1 Rumex sp. pol a Q p 1 Urtica sp. pol a Q p 1

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