Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Sounding Level
Context rating	Secondary
General remarks	Different soil is capped by a line of stones, visible in the northern profile. A line of large stones (perhaps a wall) lie at the bottom of the trench near the northern baulk.
Strat below	1, 4, 6, 8
Strat abuts	3
Top depth north-west	590.05
Top depth north-east	590.07
Top depth south-west	590.23
Top depth south-east	590.2
Bottom depth north-west	590.05
Bottom depth north-east	590.0
Bottom depth south-west	590.01
Bottom depth south-east	589.99
Dimension length	2.0
Dimension width	1.0
Start date	2004-07-08
End date	2004-07-08
Color	5YR 4/3
Texture	very gritty and coarse
Composition	upper area contains a scattering of large stones and smaller multicolored pebbles
Description remarks	more inclusions and of a coarser texture than previous loci
Tentative Date	Uncertain / Mixed
Has note	Contexts excavated in trenches were recorded using the "locus system." A locus is any discrete three-dimensional entity excavated in a trench. The key to the locus system is the recognition that a locus is any one thing. Differences in soil composition or texture are therefore as important as, for example, the difference between a pit and a wall. If two entities were distinct, they were considered separate loci and were therefore assigned separate locus numbers. It should also be noted that every context excavated in a trench was given a locus number and thus the trench itself is made up completely of excavated loci.