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Outline of ResultsA total of 47 contexts (numbered 1-47) were identified. Not all were fullyinvestigated before excavations ceased. These contexts have been analysedwith regard to their stratigraphy, the ceramics and other finds recovered fromthem and their relationships to one another. As a result a number of phases ofoccupation, disturbance and deposition have been identified (Fig. 3).Late Phase – Post-Occupational DepositionContexts 1-4, 6, 8 and 9 are all late soil deposits, exhibiting mixed soils withclear evidence of significant ground disturbance. Contexts 1 and 2 containedmodern material (plastic and un-decomposed dung) and were clearly veryrecent. Below these, contexts 3 and 4 contained large quantities of mixedceramics; the soils of these contexts varied considerably across the trench,with patches of very hard soil mixed in a loose matrix with poorly sortedinclusions of small stones and ceramics. Contexts 6, 8 and 9 were similar butwith a more uniform, loose soil. The ceramics found in these contexts supportthe theory that there has been disturbance in the immediate vicinity that hasbrought to the surface large amounts of early ceramics, ranging in date fromthe Late Iron Age to the Early Byzantine period, with significant amounts ofHellenistic and Roman material.It would appear that this phase is to be associated with a large scaledisturbance of the ground that probably included the removal of stones fromwalls of the Early Byzantine period. At least one wall appears to have beencompletely removed (see discussion of context 27, below).Early ByzantineImmediately below these disturbed deposits two surfaces wereencountered that appear to be contemporary with each other, although, asthey were separated by an area of disturbance, a stratigraphic connectionbetween them could not be established.105