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Archaeological Intervention at The Tribunal (the building known as) Glastonbury |
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Hollinrake Archaeology Cooperative unpublished report series
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6.0 The Archaeological Excavation – Method Statement
6.1 The building contractors removed the Lias slabs by hand, and stored them in the corridor to the west of the Tribunal building.
6.2 The total excavation area measured c.6.60m E-W x c.7.20m N-S from the retaining wall at the north end of the paved area.
6.3 0.15m was excavated beneath the Lias slabs to allow for compacted substrate to be laid before re-laying the Lias slabs.
6.4 The excavation and removal of all of the archaeological material beneath the Lias slabs was carried out by archaeologists. The spoil was deposited into a skip, positioned in St. Johns Car Park immediately to the north of the property, before being removed from the vicinity.
6.5 Archaeological features and deposits were removed using the following protocol:
• Exposed archaeological features and deposit were hand-cleaned, photographed & planned at a scale of 1:20.
• A single-context recording method was employed during the excavation, with contexts recorded using pro-forma recording sheets.
• The Context Sheets have been digitized and included in this report.
• The west side of the south-facing section beneath the retaining wall was drawn at 1:10.
• Masonry standing to more than one course high was left in-situ.
• The evaluation was recorded photographically using a digital camera and black and white prints.
• Levels relating to Ordnance Datum were taken throughout.
6.6 A level was brought into the site using an automatic optical level from the bench mark located at the base of the east face of the buttress at the south-west corner of the tower of St. Johns Church, Glastonbury. The benchmark had a value of 25.45m a.O.D.
6.7 A strategy was employed to alleviate time constraints. The site was sub-divided into eastern & western halves. After the Lias slabs were removed, the archaeologists recorded and reduced the eastern half of the site during the first week from Monday 11th March up to Friday 15th March. The builders began working on the east half of the site while the archaeologists reduced the western half of the site during the second week of the excavations from Monday 18th March to Wednesday 20th March.
6.8 A north-south aligned baseline was positioned along the centre of the trench. The zero point was positioned at the south end of the baseline. A 2.00m square grid was put in place for recording purposes. Luminous yellow rod iron caps were placed on top for safety reasons.
6.9 Site north had been used on the Context Sheets and in this report. Site North is in accordance with the long axis of the Glastonbury Tribunal Garden Plot. The gardens true alignment is c.NNW – SSE.
6.10 If a feature could not be excavated, an incision was made with a trowel to measure at least 3cm depth beneath the surface level of the natural clay before it was designated as a fill. The material was then replaced in-situ without damaging the context.
6.11 Cut numbers were not assigned for features unless it was excavated. A small number of cut numbers have been assigned, because only a few features could be excavated during these works.
6.12 All archaeological finds were bagged and identified by context. They were then washed, sorted, lifted and marked with their appropriate context number and the Somerset County Museum Accession Number: TTNCM 67 / 1993.
6.13 The archaeological trench recorded in November 1992 ( Site Code GT 92 ) by C&N Hollinrake contained the allocated context numbers from (1001) to (1073). This phase of works allocated the context numbers (201) to (281) to easily distinguish them from the GT92 context numbers.
The backfilled trench from GT 92 shall be referred to simply as Trench 1 throughout this excavation report.
The site was covered with a tarpaulin every evening to prevent ground damage from rain, snow and frost. |
| Author: |
C Hollinrake
Nancy Hollinrake
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| Publisher: |
Hollinrake Archaeology Cooperative
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| Year of Publication: |
2013
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Glastonbury |
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Somerset |
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England |
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Mendip |
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Grid Reference: 349929, 138959 (Easting, Northing)
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hollinra1-503294 |
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GT13 |
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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24 Aug 2022 |
