GREYHOUND YARD, DORCHESTER, DORSET, 1984: MACROSCOPIC PLANT REMAINS.
Author(s): J Jones, V Straker
Charred plant macrofossils were examined from prehistoric contexts, and charred and mineralised material from Romano-British, medieval and post Medieval deposits. Charcoal from the arc of large prehistoric post pits suggests that the posts were of Oak. Infrequent wheat (Triticum) and barley (Hordeum) grains were also identified. In the Romano-British deposits food plants, cereals and fruits including fig predominate and weeds of arable and disturbed land are common. The medieval samples from a structure thought to be a dovehouse include cereals and (unusually) charred Ulex (gorse) spines. Edible fruits (grapes, figs and blackberry) were found in the post medieval pit.
- Report Number:
- 42/1989
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 13
- Keywords:
- Plant Remains
