Table 2: Context inventory from the Upper Chapel excavations
Context number | Sub-division | Context type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
100 | Evaluation trench | Deposit | Medieval buried soil along northern edge |
101 | Evaluation trench | VOID | VOID |
102 | Evaluation trench | Structure | Sandstone wall footing along northern boundary of graveyard |
103 | Evaluation trench | Deposit | Natural sandstone clay geology same as (300) |
104 | Evaluation trench | Cut | E-W drainage channel filled by (113) containing drain structure [105] |
105 | Evaluation trench | Structure | Drain structure within cut [104] |
106 | Evaluation trench | Deposit | Upper fill of drain [105] |
107 | Evaluation trench | Deposit | Lower fill of drain [105] |
108 | Evaluation trench | Cut | E-W grave cut filled by (109) and wood chippings (115) at base for SK[1] in coffin [111], and SK[2] in coffin [114] |
109 | Evaluation trench | Deposit | Fill of E-W grave cut [108] |
110 | Evaluation trench | Deposit | Fill of eastern end of drainage channel [104] |
111 | Evaluation trench | Structure | Coffin in E-W grave [108]/(109) for SK[1] |
112 | Evaluation trench | Deposit | Made ground levelling of graveyard truncating (100) same as (200) |
113 | Evaluation trench | Deposit | Fill of cut for drainage channel [104] |
114 | Evaluation trench | Structure | Coffin in E-W grave [108]/(109) for SK[2] |
115 | Evaluation trench | Deposit | Wood chippings in base of grave cut [108] |
200 | North of chapel | Deposit | Made ground levelling of graveyard same as (112) |
201 | North of chapel | Cut | E-W grave filled by (202) |
202 | North of chapel | Deposit | Fill of E-W grave cut [201] |
203 | North of chapel | Cut | E-W double grave cut filled by (204) |
204 | North of chapel | Deposit | Fill of E-W grave cut [203] |
205 | North of chapel | Structure | Mortar pad partially covering grave cut [203] |
206 | North of chapel | Structure | Sandstone slabs partially covering grave cuts [207] and [208] |
207 | North of chapel | Cut | E-W grave cut filled by (209) within larger grave cut [213] for SK[3] in coffin [215] |
208 | North of chapel | Cut | E-W grave cut filled by (210) within larger grave cut [213] |
209 | North of chapel | Deposit | Fill of E-W grave cut [207] |
210 | North of chapel | Deposit | Fill of E-W grave cut [208] |
211 | North of chapel | Deposit | Fill of E-W grave cut [213] |
212 | North of chapel | Deposit | Made ground cinder levelling of graveyard below gravestones |
213 | North of chapel | Cut | E-W large grave cut filled by (211) |
214 | North of chapel | Structure | Coffin in grave fill (216) for SK[4] |
215 | North of chapel | Structure | Coffin in E-W grave [207]/(209) for SK[3] |
216 | North of chapel | Deposit | Fill of indistinct E-W grave cut within larger grave cut [213] containing SK[4] in coffin [214] |
300 | Service trench | Deposit | Natural sandstone clay geology same as (103) |
301 | Service trench | Cut | Possible E-W grave cut at base of service trench |
302 | Service trench | Deposit | Fill of possible E-W grave cut [301] |
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