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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2003 |
| Feature Type: pit |
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| Location: squares 1060/1155 and 1060/1150 |
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| Grid X: 1063.5 Grid Y: 1156 |
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large pit with almost vertical sides. Original purpose and dating are not clear.
Cuts through a number of Neolithic walls, and a possible fire instalation (all undesignated see 03/616).
Contains two layers, the first 8744 is an erosional deposit, build up of finely laminated silt layers, suggesting an extended period of exposure. This large pit was cut but apparently left to lie open for a long time. This suggest that the pit was cut in order to extract material, rather than for another purpose.
Subsequently the same pit, the part that had not silted up yet, was used for a hard deposit (unit 7565) that contains many sheep and goat skeletons in varying degrees of articulation, that were sealed on top with the same material. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 20 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings:
none | Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 3 (Click here to view unit list) |
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