| No. of contexts examined | No. of subsamples examined | |
|---|---|---|
| 1980-81 | 14 | 11 |
| 1994 | 14 | 20 |
| Taxon | Common name | Parts recorded | 1980-81 | 1994 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vascular plants | ||||
| Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn | bracken | pinnule fragments,charred pinnule fragments | - | 1 |
| charred pinnule fragments | 1 | - | ||
| Coniferae | conifer | charcoal fragments | - | 1 |
| Corylus avellana L. | hazel | nuts and/or nutshell fragments | 2 | |
| charred nuts and/or nutshell fragments | 1 | 2 | ||
| Quercus sp(p). | oak | wood fragments | 1 | 2 |
| Ficus carica L. | fig | seeds | 2 | 1 |
| Urtica dioica L. | stinging nettle | achenes | - | 1 |
| U. urens L. | annual nettle | achenes | - | 1 |
| Polygonum aviculare agg. | knotgrass | fruits | - | 1 |
| P. persicaria L. | persicaria/red shank | fruits | - | 3 |
| charred fruits | 1 | - | ||
| P. lapathifolium L. | pale persicaria | fruits | - | 1 |
| Bilderdykia convolvulus (L.) Dumort. | black bindweed | fruit fragments | - | 1 |
| Rumex acetosella agg. | sheep's sorrel | fruits | - | 1 |
| Rumex sp(p). | docks | fruits | - | 3 |
| Chenopodium album L. | fat hen | seeds | - | 2 |
| Atriplex sp(p). | oraches | seeds | - | 2 |
| Spergula arvensis L. | corn spurrey | seeds | - | 2 |
| charred seeds | 1 | - | ||
| Agrostemma githago L. | corncockle | seed fragments | - | 3 |
| S. vulgaris/S. alba (Miller) Krause in Sturm | bladder/white campion | seeds | - | 1 |
| Ranunculus Section Ranunculus | meadow/creeping/bulbous buttercup | achenes | - | 1 |
| Brassica rapa L. | 'turnip' | seeds | - | 2 |
| Brassica sp(p). | cabbages, etc. | seeds | - | 3 |
| Brassica sp./Sinapis arvensis L. | brassica/charlock | seeds | - | 1 |
| Raphanus raphanistrum L. | wild radish | pod segments and/or fragments | 1 | - |
| Reseda luteola L. | weld/dyer's rocket | seeds | - | 2 |
| Rubus idaeus L. | raspberry | seeds | - | 1 |
| R. fruticosus agg. | blackberry/bramble | seeds | - | 2 |
| Fragaria cf. vesca L. | ?wild strawberry | achenes | - | 1 |
| Malus sylvestris Miller | crab apple | endocarp | - | 2 |
| Sorbus aucuparia L. | rowan, mountain ash | seeds | - | 1 |
| Linum usitatissimum L. | cultivated flax | seed fragments | - | 1 |
| Viola sp(p). | violets/pansies, etc. | seeds | - | 1 |
| Erica tetralix L. | cross-leaved heath | leaf/leaves | - | 1 |
| Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull | heather, ling | charred shoot fragments | 1 | - |
| shoot tips | - | 1 | ||
| cf. C. vulgaris | ?heather, ling | charred root and/or basal twig fragments | 2 | 3 |
| shoot fragments | - | 1 | ||
| Empetrum sp(p). | crowberry | seeds | - | 1 |
| Galeopsis Subgenus Galeopsis | hemp-nettles | nutlets | - | 3 |
| Rhinanthus sp(p). | yellow rattles | seeds | - | 1 |
| Centaurea sp(p). | knapweeds, etc. | achene fragments | - | 1 |
| Leontodon sp(p). | hawkbits | achenes | - | 1 |
| Taraxacum sp(p). | dandelions | achenes | - | 1 |
| Lapsana communis L. | nipplewort | achenes | - | 3 |
| Potamogeton sp(p). | pondweeds | charred pyrenes | 1 | - |
| Gramineae | grasses | waterlogged caryopses | - | 1 |
| Cerealia indet. | cereals | charred awns/awn fragments | 2 | - |
| cf. Cerealia indet. | ?cereals | charred caryopses | 1 | - |
| Triticum/Secale | wheat/rye | waterlogged periderm fragments | - | 1 |
| Avena sp(p). | oats | charred caryopses | 1 | 2 |
| Eleocharis palustris sensu lato | common spike-rush | nutlets | - | 1 |
| Carex sp(p). | sedges | nutlets | - | 1 |
| charred nutlets | - | 1 | ||
| Mosses (leaf/leaves and/or shoot fragments unless otherwise indicated) | ||||
| Sphagnum papillosum Lindb. | - | 1 | ||
| Sphagnum sp(p). | capsules and/or lids | - | 1 | |
| leaves and/or shoot fragments | - | 4 | ||
| Dicranum sp(p). | - | 1 | ||
| Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwaegr. | 1 | |||
| Drepanocladus sp(p). | - | 1 | ||
| Hypnum cf. cupressiforme Hedw. | - | 1 | ||
| Rhytidiadelphus sp(p). - | - | 2 | ||
| Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Br. Eur. | - | 2 | ||
| Other plant material | ||||
| bark fragments | - | 5 | ||
| bark fragments (charred) | 1 | |||
| charcoal | 10 | 8 | ||
| epidermis fragments | - | 2 | ||
| moss | - | 2 | ||
| root casts | 1 | |||
| root/rhizome fragments (charred) | - | 2 | ||
| twig fragments | - | 3 | ||
| twig fragments (charred) | - | 1 | ||
| wood fragments | 1 | 8 | ||
| wood fragments (mineralised) | - | 1 | ||
| Fungal remains | ||||
| Cenococcum | sclerotia | - | 5 | |
| charred sclerotia | - | 1 | ||
| fungal spores | - | 1 | ||
| Remains of ?fuel/burnt material | ||||
| 'char' | - | 1 | ||
| charred organic material | 1 | - | ||
| cinders | - | 1 | ||
| coal | - | 2 | ||
| part-burnt coal | - | 1 | ||
| glassy ash | 1 | - | ||
| peat fragments | 3 | 6 | ||
| burnt peat fragments | 4 | 2 | ||
| ?burnt peat fragments | 2 | 3 | ||
| ?burnt soil | 2 | - | ||
| ?peat fragments | 1 | 2 | ||
| Concretions and coprolites | ||||
| concreted sediment | 1 | 1 | ||
| concretions | 1 | 1 | ||
| faecal concretions | - | 1 | ||
| ?faecal concretions | 1 | - | ||
| Artefactual materials | ||||
| animal hairs | - | 2 | ||
| green-glazed pottery | - | 1 | ||
| Invertebrates | ||||
| bivalve periostracum | - | 1 | ||
| earthworm egg caps | - | 3 | ||
| fly puparia | - | 6 | ||
| mites | - | 1 | ||
| mollusc opercula | - | 2 | ||
| mussel shell fragments | - | 2 | ||
| rat-tailed maggot (respiratory processes) | - | 1 | ||
| Vertebrates | ||||
| bird bone | - | 1 | ||
| bone fragments | 2 | 3 | ||
| burnt bone fragments | - | 2 | ||
| burnt fish bone | - | 1 | ||
| eggshell membrane fragments | - | 2 | ||
| fish bone | 2 | 3 | ||
| mammal bone | - | 1 | ||
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