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Table 2 Antler fragments excavated in 1970
Context
(as written on bag)
Top cutting/ Peg 2.0m. 3.5/
Peg 10.0m. 7.50/ Depth
0.7m/ Bone in white chalk
rubble HLV
6.0m peg. 7.6/ 14.0m peg.
4.7/ Depth from G.L. 0.50m/
Antler in brown chalk rubble
4m. peg./ N.1.5m/ Offset
E. 0.60m/ Depth c.1m./ Bone
Mound top. Animal bone
from NW corner of cutting
Top Site/ P[o]g 10/ North
1.0m/ East 4.30m
Peg 2.0m. 5.50/ Peg 10.0m.
4.40/ Depth 1.0m/ Tip of
antler tine in brown chalk
B…ts
ID
Number of
Weight
Description
number
fragments*
(g)
777 1 10 Fragment of cortex of beam with guttering.
778 1 161 Shed burr. Battered on posterior side (coronet missing
in this region); brow tine surviving to approx. 99mm, tip
broken off in antiquity; possibly worn from use. Bez
origin close to brow tine and surviving to approx 30mm,
also broken in antiquity. Beam broken off at
indeterminate time in two locations: adjacent to burr
and just distal to bez. Some recent damage to brow
tine. Stage E-F. Left side.
780 1 3 Fragment including cortex from tine. Smooth.
786 1 10 Complete tine tip with little/no evidence of use on tip.
831 1 15 Fragment of cortex of beam with guttering and area of
rodent gnawing.
850 1 2 Small smooth antler tine tip, very little/no damage to tip.
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