| Computer Code: |
MQU |
Preferred Map Code: |
notEntered |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Holocene Epoch (QH)
— Holocene Epoch (QH) |
| Lithological Description: |
An area of Made Ground where the pre-existing (natural or artificial) land surface is raised by artificially deposited material as part of a building or structure of an early epoch (including prehistorical remains). The exact nature of the structure is unspecified. The English Heritage classification (National Monuments Record Monument Type Thesaurus) is recommended for further subdivision of this type of Archaeological feature.
Composition: variable. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Thickness: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Geographical Limits: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Parent Unit: |
Made Ground (MGR)
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| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| Reference(s): |
| Ford, J, Kessler, H, Cooper, A H, Price, S J, and Humpage A J. 2010. An enhanced classification for artificial ground. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/10/36. |
| English Heritage. 1999. National Monuments Record Thesauri. http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/. Accessed 5 October 2010. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
| none recorded or not applicable |
