ABCD: 1726

Newcastle Town Ditch 86-7 Newcastle upon Tyne

Site code:

1726

Site details:

Location: Newcastle Town Ditch 86-7, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1989, Tyne and Wear, England NZ2564
Period: early 14th to late 18th c
Category: urban town ditch
Notes: ditch outside town wall; samples combined in report
Topography: lowland river valley
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Nye S and Turner J. 1989. Botanical remains. 66-7 In: Nolan J, Fraser R, Harbottle B and Burton F C. The medieval town defences of Newcastle upon Tyne: excavation and survey 1986-7. Archaeol. Aeliana. 17. 29. England, Tyne and Wear

Nye S and Turner J. 1989. Wood. 66. In: Nolan J, Fraser R, Harbottle B and Burton F C. The medieval town defences of Newcastle upon Tyne: excavation and survey 1986-7. Archaeol. Aeliana. 17. 29. England, Tyne and Wear

Processed by

JT - Turner, Judith: Durham Univ

SN - Nye, Sandra: freelance contract worker

Sample: 1726a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD	-	ditch fill	nr	medieval	?	?
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: wl Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: samples combined in reports Archaeological interpretion: ditch outside town wall
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Gramineae pro w 6 2 Polygonum persicaria pro w 1 1 Polygonum sp. pro w 1 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 2 1 Rumex sp. pro w 4 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 179 4

Sample: 1726b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.PM	-	ditch fill	nr	post-medieval	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: ? Archaeological interpretion: ditch outside town wall
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Achillea millefolium pro w 31 3 Atrichum undulatum sht w p 1 Carex sp. pro w 1 1 Chenopodium sp. pro w 1 1 Compositae pro w !2 1 1 Empetrum nigrum pro w 10 2 Eurhynchium sp. sht w p 1 Gramineae pro w 11 2 Labiatae pro w ! 1 1 Plagiomnium rostratum sht w p 1 Polygonum sp. pro w 1 1 Potentilla sp. pro w 1 1 Prunella vulgaris pro w 8 1 Pseudoscleropodium purum sht w p 1 Ranunculus acris type pro w 48 3 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 81 3 Rumex sp. pro w 53 3 Sambucus nigra pro w 1 1 Sonchus asper pro w 1 1 Stellaria alsine pro w 3 1 Stellaria media pro w 2 1 Urtica dioica pro w 96 3 Viola sp. pro w 1 1

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