Laboratory: Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
BP: 4855 Std: 34
Delta 13C value -22.0 Delta 13C standard deviation None given
Sample Material: plant remains Sample Material Comment: plant macrofossil: Corylus avellana, nutshell, charred, a single fragment (<5g)
Feature Type: settlement Feature: lower fill of pit 2028, consisting of silty mid-to-dark-grey mottled brown loamy sand with frequent flecks of charred material
Culture: Neolithic Phase: n/a
Site: Southworth Hall Farm Country Subdivision: Wigan Country: United Kingdom
Approved: true Right: public
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Comment: to try to identify whether there is a horizon of activity in the later prehistoric period characterised by the digging of scattered pits, and to see whether there is a potential link between this activity and the earlier Bronze Age flintwork found on the surface in the same areas of the site
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