Layer Locus:7685:143 refers to the bottom of pit Locus:7685:070 .
The color of the soil is yellowish brown. It includes small white stones, pieces of chalk, pottery and fragments of animal bone. The soil can be described as moist in character.
The moist character of the soil, it became clear later, need be viewed in conjunction with the presence of a pit/hole (Locus:7685:146 ) in wall/pavement Locus:7685:145 .