A CHARRED GRAIN DEPOSIT FROM AMBLESIDE ROMAN FORT GRANARY, CUMBRIA
Author(s): W Carruthers
A soil sample from the foundations of a buttress of the north granary was analysed for charred plant macrofossils. The sample was found to contain a large quantity of fully-processed spelt wheat. No chaff fragments and very few weed seeds were present as contaminants of the crop. About half of the grain had been damaged and this was thought to be due to insect infestation, probably Sitophilus granarius.
- Report Number:
- 11/1993
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 7
- Keywords:
- Plant Remains
