Dear All,
A good Friday afternoon question for you all:
I am amending a record for a site which is just a sequence of
deposits containing plant macro/micro fossils.
i.e. The upper four metres of the silica sand are oxidised
to a red colour, below they are white. This colour change is post depositional.
Bedding within the sand indicate that the water bearing the sand ran
consistently south. The sand contains frequent local concentrations of coal and
black shale and very occasional gravel patches and degraded shell fragments.
Within the white sand are layers of organic mud. Towards the base of the
observed sections these were only 20-200mm bands of sand mixed with organic mud.
The thickest (400mm) were located at the top of the section. Trunks of birch and
conifers were scattered throughout the mud layers. The stump of a spruce (Picea)
was found upright on the uppermost bed and was radiocarbon dated to 53,000 years
BP. The succession of deposits suggests the infilling by mud and sand of shallow
pools within the silica sand.
Any suggestions as to Monument Type?
Best wishes
Rob
Rob Edwards
Historic Environment Records Officer, Archaeology
Planning Advisory Service
Cheshire
Shared Services
Tel: 01244 973667
Location: Backford Hall, Backford, Chester Cheshire. CH1 6PZ.
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