ABCD: 1728

Ferns Castle 72-5 South Fosse

Site code:

1728

Site details:

Location: Ferns Castle 72-5, South Fosse, 1979, Wexford, Ireland, Eire 50250
Period: mainly 13th to early 14th c
Category: castle ditch
Notes: rockcut fosse & rems. of drawbridge
Topography: ?
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Mitchell G F. 1979. Palaeobotanical report. 243-4. In: Sweetman P D. 1979. Excavations at Ferns Castle. Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. C 79. Ireland, Eire, Wexford

Processed by

GFM - Mitchell, G F: Dept Quaternary Studies, Trinity Coll. Dublin

Sample: 1728a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD.HM	-	occupation layer	sandy grey/black mud	medieval	1200	1350
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: pot Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: fill of fosse Archaeological interpretion: occupation layer in rock-cut fosse
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Anthemis cotula pro w 1 1 Carex sp. pro w 2 1 Cerealia clm w 10 3 Chenopodium album pro w 18 3 Corylus avellana pro w 1 1 Cruciferae pro w 1 1 Fragaria sp. pro w 1 1 Galeopsis sp. pro w 4 2 indet. cwd c 18 3 indet. fls w 6 3 indet. pro w 18 3 indet. rhi w 1 1 indet. wwd w 18 3 Lapsana communis pro w 18 3 Malva sp. pro w 1 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 9 3 Potentilla erecta sl pro w 1 1 Pteridium aquilinum pro w 6 3 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w A 1 1 Rubus sp. pro w 18 3 Rumex acetosella pro w 1 1 Rumex sp. pro w L 18 3 Stellaria sp. pro w P 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w 18 3 Viola sp. pro w 2 1

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