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Barber’s context numbers (see Table 3)

(5) (5) – (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) – – – Fabric
Pottery
A B C D E F G H I J K L M totals

ST2 1/17 2/12 3/29
ST1 1/4 1/2 2/6
PM 1/10 1/10
LY4/CS 6/98 5/137 9/451 20/676 25/306 2/58 6/215 1/6 7/140 81/2087
LY1 2/17 15/303 5/200 7/146 5/82 1/15 35/763
NO1 2/11 2/6 4/37 8/54
NO2 1/8 3/32 4/40
NO3 10/90 2/20 9/327 7/120 2/17 30/574
BO2 2/52 1/18 3/41 3/80 9/191
BO1 29/336 1/6 5/110 35/452
MS2 1/10 2/102 3/112
MS 2/26 2/32 1/3 4/30 9/91
CW2 1/10 1/28 2/38
CW/MB 1/15 1/15
EA6 2/11 2/11
SW7 1/5 1/5
Site Totals 226/4478

Ridge
tile
LY1 1/37 4/215 2/153 7/405
BO2 1/44 1/20 1/37 2/110 2/108 7/319
BO/BO1 4/607 4/607
Site Totals 18/1331

Table 2. The pottery and ridge tile by number of sherds or fragments / weight (grams), by context.

Barber’s Sawday’s
context Barbers’ description on boxes reference
number number

(2) General destruction levels D–J:
D floor of kitchen near north pillar 3
E near well, pantry floor level 5
F footings level outside north wall of kitchen 8
G above kitchen floor 4
H destruction level to the north of north wall of kitchen 7
I destruction level kitchen, south wall 9
J cf. pot from kitchen floor U/S

(5) A & B
A under north wall of kitchen 1
B inside north wall of kitchen & under kitchen floor 2
C
C occupation level outside south wall of kitchen 6
Well K-M
K 6-7 feet down 12
L 4½–5 feet down 11
M 1–3 feet down 10

Table 3. Concordance of John Barber’s context numbers and Deborah Sawday’s reference numbers,
as used in the detailed analysis in Table 6.

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