Table 3. Lithostratigraphy of the core.

Depths	Unit description and Troels-smith formula
48–0	Highly disturbed brown slightly sandy silty clay containing frequent rootlets and occasional monocot remains. Basalt and flint gravels are occasional. Pottery fragments are abundant throughout. As2 Ag1 Gmin1 Th4+ Ga+ Nig 3 Sicc 1–2 Strf 0 Lim 1
118–48	Grey brown silty clay with occasional basaltic and scoria gravel and rare plant remains including monocot stems and unidentified rootlets and seeds. Small pottery fragments are noted from c. 100 cm and particularly abundant from c. 85 cm. As3 Ag1 Ld++ Gmin ++ Ga++ Th4++ Nig 2–3 Sicc 1–2 Strf 2 Elas 3 Lim 1
163–118	Brown mottled red orange and yellow clayey sand and gravel. Gravel comprises basalt and scoria. Gmin2 Ga1 As1 Ag+ Nig 3 Sicc 3 Strf 2 Elas 0 Lim 0
186–163	Red brown slightly sandy gravel comprising abundant scoria. Ga2 Gmin2 Ag+ Nig 3 Sicc 3–4 Strf 0 Elas 0 Lim NA