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% of
Fabric Sherd nos. Weight (gm) % of weight
sherd nos.

Pottery
ST2 3 29
ST1 2 6
subtotal 5 2.2 35 0.7
PM 1 10
LY4/CS 81 2087
LY1 35 763
subtotal 116 51.3 2850 63.6
NO1 8 54
NO2 4 40
NO3 30 574
subtotal 42 18.5 668 14.9
BO2 9 191
BO1 35 452
subtotal 44 19.4 643 14.3
MS2 3 112
MS 9 91 Table 4 (left).
subtotal 12 5.3 203 4.5 The pottery and ridge tile site
CW2 2 38 totals in approximate
CW/MB 1 15 chronological order by fabric
EA6 2 11 sherd numbers and weight.
SW7 1 5
subtotal 6 2.6 69 1.5
Totals 226 99.3 4478 99.5

Ridge tile
LY1 7 405 Table 5 (below).
BO2 7 319 Key to the pottery illustrations
BO/BO1 4 607 (figs 1 & 2) (Elaine Jones).
Totals 18 1331

Illus. Context Fabric Description
no.

1 unlabelled LY4 hand made cooking pot/jar, reduced black throughout
hand made rim shoulder of a cooking pot/jar, the rim top is
outside wall to north
2 LY4/CS thumbed, and the body decorated with applied and notched clay
of kitchen
strips – the strips are in the same fabric as the body
3 above kitchen floor LY4/CS hand made bowl rim
4 as above LY4/CS hand made bowl rim with internal thumbing
kitchen destruction
5 LY4/CS hand made & externally thumbed bowl rim, glazed internally
level
hand made jug body, decorated with applied white clay slip under
6 above kitchen floor LY1
the glaze
above kitchen
7 floor/outside wall to LY1 wheel thrown jug rim, body and base, decorated with applied white
clay slip and with white clay pads with grid stamps under the glaze
north of kitchen
wheel thrown jug base, with stacking evidence of a jug rim and
8 unlabelled NO3
pouring lip with glaze underneath
wheel thrown jug base, with stacking evidence including glaze
9 as above NO3
underneath
near well, pantry floor
10 MS2 wheel thrown bowl
level/well first 3'
11 kitchen floor BO1 wheel thrown jug rim and base, glazed
12 above kitchen floor BO1 wheel thrown cistern rim
13 unlabelled CW2 wheel thrown, splayed base, crudely finished underneath, glazed
14 as above BO/BO1 hand built ridge tile with serpentine crest, glazed

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