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Prof
Michael
Fulford
Professor of Archaeology
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
University of Reading
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Context Number: | 5791 |
Description: | Well cut containing (2029), (5792), (6465), (6466), (6482), (6504), (6484), (6485), (6486), (6487), (6893), (6897), (6905), (6916), (6917), (6921), (6923) |
Notes: | Cut of well, the base of which comes down onto aqua blue clay natural. Strat below (6923). Not fully excavated in 2005. Bottomed in 2006.Plan no: 15.180 (showing the shoring cut), 15.211 (shows the well cut)Section no: 787Accuracy rating - 5 |
Composition: | Oval in plan, measuring 1.36m in diameter at the top of the cut, 1.1m in diameter at the bottom of the cut and with a depth of 2.01m. The depth would have been slightly deeper because due to bad weather and truncation the depth had to be measured from halfway through fill (5792) rather than the true top fill (2029).Break of slope (top & base): moderately sharpU-shaped profile with straight-concave sides and a concave baseContains (2029), (5792), (6465), (6466), (6482), (6504), (6484), (6485), (6486), (6487), (6893), (6897), (6905), (6916), (6917), (6921), (6923) |