Basic Information
- Series of refuse pits and refuse deposits
Sub Groups
Group Description
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- Late Post Medieval construction cut [1139] was dug into (1187) the secondary fill of [1187], that also held primary fill (1186). Both fills were composed of mixed dumped deposits, with a sandy clay soil matrix and occasional small and medium fragments of pot, bone, and heavily abraded CBM. These deposits are seen as refuse deposits used to back fill a probably quarry pit. Context (1170) was the fill of pit cut [1169]. The fill was a very dark organic looking material, with large amounts of Roman pottery; no pot from any later period was recorded. This fill was quite mixed, and may have included many dumps; sampled as <68>. The broad shallow form of this feature resulted from extensive horizontal truncation, primarily from the Post Medieval period. It is not certain that this pit cut was dug for the purpose of receiving fill (1170). However given that this fill is not like an inwash deposit or errosional gravel deposit that would result from a quarry pit being excavated and subsequently abandoned, these contexts are seen as forming a distinct subgroup. Given the mixed nature of the fill it is likely that this was a rubbish pit. Cut [1169] was dug into (1214), the fill of shallow Roman pit [1215], that was dug into (1246), the latest back fill of irregular Roman pit [1248]. Fill (1214) was a very mixed deposit, indicating that this was a refuse pit. Cut [1215] was dug into (1246), the upper fill of pit fill [1248], that also held primary fill (1247), which was sampled as <87>. The pit was possibly a quarry pit, but was small when compared to others on site. The fills were mixed, and are seen as refuse deposits, used to back fill cut [1248]. The edges of the pit cut were quite eroded, and it did not appear that the cut was dug to receive the refuse. It was dug into (660)=(852), the back fill of the quarry face recorded in subgroup 209. Cut [1184] was dug into (1202), the fill of pit cut [1203]. The pit was of undetermined use. It was dug into fill (1204), the fill of small pit [1205], and this feature contained no finds. This was in an area of heavy truncation from late Post Medieval activity, primarily construction.
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- Chaz Morse
- 24-10-2011
Dating Information
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- All the pot sherds recovered from the fills of these pits were dated to 50-160AD.
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- Chaz Morse
- 24-10-2011