Another productive autumn day of excavation in the Glebe Field. Julie, Liza, and Pam made neat and tidy progress in Trench TR47, Context 09, uncovering an 11th- to 13th-century medieval layer east of the wall structure recorded in this diary 4 September. We are moderately confident that this layer represents the exterior of a possible building incorporating the section of wall previously discovered.
Our confidence in the dating increased after finding three Clark’s Type 1 - Goodall Type ‘A’ fiddle-key horseshoe nails at the same level, shown below, along with medieval courseware potsherds. We are less certain about the function of the layer itself, which was approximately 100 mm thick. Although it may have been an occupation layer, it could instead represent material used to level spoil after the site was abandoned.
This type of horse shoe nail was designed to increase grip and was used extensively during the Saxo Norman period.
Trench TR47 post excavation of medieval layer.
David