VSF 2010 Report - Nabo

Group 10515
In 2010 the decision was made to extend the excavation area further to the west in order to
get a clearer view of the north-south running wall remains uncovered in 2009 which were
clearly running beyond the western limits of the excavation. Group (10515) contains
deposits excavated in this extension area that was around 0.4 m wide at the south end and
3.3 m wide at the south end.
The removal of turf and topsoil revealed a thick post abandonment deposit possibly
deposited during the 20 th century levelling of the farm mound (unit [10501]). This
2010 EXTENSION (gr. 10515)
2009 EXCAVATION AREA
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Figure 8. A drawing showing extension area (10515).
consisted of mixed material and covered the full extent of the new excavation area. The
deposit was between 0.3-1 m thick, a mixture of sandy silt, turf debris and gravel, and
contained, among other things, a number of bone fragments, as well as one bowl of 17 th
century clay pipe and one sherd of 19 th century pottery.
With the removal of deposit [10501], a sequence of structural collapse deposits
([10514], [10523], [10521], [10529] and [10527]) was revealed. These covered the
northern part of the new area and were mostly made of turf, but also contained bits of
structural timbers and rocks. Also found within these were a few 17 th -18 th century pottery
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