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514696/313973 Figure 4. South-East corner Bronze Age features.
Six additional pit/wells were found on the current phase of work. One, F.1248, which had a step cut onto it, also had a different profile to the rest. The upper cut was similar to the others, however iron pan formed part of the natural geology half way down the well, which resulted in the tapering of the profile with a small oval hole cut through this deposit. The natural geology below this was sandy and easily eroded, causing under-cutting of the well beneath the iron pan. This formed an hourglass shaped profile. Silting of the well, after it went out of use, sealed the lower organic layers, [2155] which allowed good preservation of hazelnut shells in the base. This pit formed part of an alignment of pits across the area on a northeast-southwest orientation, the same orientation as the wider field system. An example of one of the alignment includes pit/well F.1265 and F.1245 to the west, and incorporates F.1249, F.1248, watering hole F.1254 and ends with the large pit/well from the previous excavation F.1209 to the east. Similar alignments can be seen on the Whitfield and Freeman lands (Hutton 2007, Hutton forthcoming). More typical pit/wells included F.1245 (2.48m x 2.78m wide and 0.97m deep) that had a possible step on the north side of the cut, which would have aided access and so reduced the need for a log ladder. It was initially silted with fine sands and gravel before developing a wet muddy fill with evidence of plant growth. <strong>Further</strong> silting occurred above this deposit with material eroding from the sides. These primary deposits were re-cut, presumably to re-access the water table. Fine sands then silt developed within the re-cut before a darker organic muddy waterlogged deposit was formed followed by final silted deposits of eroded sand and gravel but more predominantly washed and slumped topsoil. Bone, pottery and burnt stone were recovered. F.1249 was another pit/well (3.90m x 3.40m wide and 1.30m deep) with a possible step on the south side of the pit. Initial periods of silting and slumping from the edge formed the primary fills, which resulted in plant growth after the well went out of use. There were three main phases of organic deposition and later backfilled with silt, which contained the majority of artefacts. F.1265 was a large pit/well, cut by ditch F.1264 and pit F.1265. Only the lower primary fill remained. F.1267 was a pit (1.40m x 1.38m wide and 0.48m deep) situated to the north of linear F.1060 adjacent to its western terminal. It contained an array of fills, the topmost of which contained the most evidence of human activity. The pit was aligned with another two pits on the same alignment on the north side of the linear on an east-west orientation. F.1294 was a large circular pit (1.65m x 1.62m wide and 1.17m deep) where the upper cut was concave becoming vertical down to a flat base. There was abundant wood at the base, which appeared to have been a random dumping episode with no signs of working. The base had been gently eroded and the natural sides subsided. This pit appeared to have been associated with F.1295 and F.1296 and pit/well F.1304. Interspersed throughout the entire area of the Glebe land were six large isolated watering holes and three inter-cutting watering holes with smaller pit/wells cut into them. F.1043, F.1065, F.1071, F.1073 and F.1209 were isolated watering holes dispersed throughout the Phase 1 area, having similar morphological profiles and stratigraphic sequences. In the Phase 2 area watering hole F.1254 was similar to the previously recorded watering holes specifically in having a timber revetment. Some of the timbers were clearly not uncovered in their original positions, rather it appeared that the watering hole was abandoned and the revetment was disassembled with the upper pieces dislodged. The lower portion of revetment appeared to have remained in 10
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