AR01042_WODAN_Final_Report_10.pdf - The Heritage Council

Ulmus sp.
Unidentified Angiosperm
Bark
Calluna sp.
Ilex aquifolium
Sambucus sp.
Taxus baccata
Betula sp.
Alnus sp. 3%
5%
Prunus spinosa
5%
Salix sp.
6%
Maloideae
9%
Fraxinus sp.
10%
Corylus sp.
30%
Tulsk charcoal fragment counts
Quercus sp.
29%
Figure 5 Fragment count of charcoal from Tulsk
The vast majority of samples taken were from the medieval layers (early to late medieval) as
these were the ones encountered most frequently on site. To date there is little prehistoric data
from Tulsk within the WODAN database and due to the nature of the archaeological remains
what prehistoric charcoal there will be is in limited quantities to the point of being statistically
invalid.
An interesting facet of the Tulsk data is that the charcoal from the processing residue and that
from the floated material were analysed separately. An example within the database can be found
with sample 3590. This was sampled from context 3152, a later medieval ditch fill from the
internal ditch 4317 in area 3C. The flot was relatively small while the retent was 1.5l in volume
from a 10l soil sample.
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