Final Extent of the eastern end of Trench 01

The first phase of this trench was a small gully cutting north-east to south-west across the mid-section of the trench. This used parts of the natural geology to form the gully. Very few finds came from the fill of this gully, consisting of only three clay pipe stems and a shard of clear glass. It is possible that this gully dates to the occupation of the fort, or the later domestic occupation of the site was filled in before Repton’s alterations to the landscape. A fill of a dark red clayey silt in the eastern section of the gully may be evidence of a layer that covered the gully. Portions of these contexts were excavated to geology. These contained a mix of finds, but predominantly made up of clay pipes. These layers appear to pre-date a cut across the midsection of the trench, used to level the landscape with a rubble deposit to roughly its current profile. This may be part of Repton levelling what was once a landscape sloping easterly towards the fort wall. [RFG21TR01_Q_03.LQ]