Sample Borehole

Wilsons Yard, Taunton Ruddlesden geotechnical ltd
KEY TO TRIAL PIT AND BOREHOLE LOGS (COMMON SYMBOLS)
STRATA LEGEND
Made Ground Chalk
Topsoil Limestone
Clay Coal
Silt Mudstone
Sand Siltstone
Gravel Sandstone
Peat Fine grained igneous rock

(e.g. basalt)
Composite soil types will Medium grained igneous
be signified by combined rock (e.g. granite)
symbols, e.g. silty sand Fine grained metamorphic
rock (e.g. slate)
GROUNDWATER INSTALLATIONS
Groundwater strike CEMENT SEAL
Standing groundwater BENTONITE SEAL

level
FILTER PACK
(SLOTTED PIPE)
SAMPLES IN-SITU TESTING

D Small disturbed sample SPT Standard Penetration Test
J Small disturbed sample (split spoon sampler)
(amber glass jar) SPT(C) Standard Penetration Test
B Disturbed bulk sample (solid cone)
U100 Undisturbed sample (100mm V Shear vane test
diameter) CBR California Bearing Ratio
W Water sample (estimated from soil
assessment (mexe) cone
penetrometer)
ROTARY DRILLING SPT RESULTS (EXAMPLES)

TCR Total core recovery (%) 30 “N” Value (blows recorded
SCR Solid core recovery (%) for 300mm penetration,
RQD Rock quality designation (%) following 150mm seating
FI Fracture Index (fractures/ m) drive)
NI Non-intact 50/125 50 blows for 125mm
penetration
Ground Investigation and Environmental Assessment Report

Report Ref: SR/TN/DT/08344/GIEAR
IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SOILS (Taken from BS 5930: 1999, Table 13)
Density/Compactness Composite Soil Principal Example
Soil Particle Particle Visual Minor Example
/Strength Discontinuities Bedding Colour Types (mixtures of SOIL Stratum
Group Shape Size Identification Constituents Descriptions
Term Field Test basic soil types) TYPE Names
Only seen
Scale of spacing of For mixtures involving
Loose Scale of bedding thickness BOULDERS complete in pits or
coarse
By inspection of discontinuities very coarse soils

soils
Very
exposures
voids and particle 200 Recent
Mean Mean Often difficult to
packing Approx %c) Shell fragments, Deposits Loose brown very
Dense Term spacing Term thickness Term COBBLES recover whole from
secondary Angular pockets of peat, sandy sub-angular
mm mm boreholes
60 gypsum crystals, fine to coarse flint
Very Over Very thickly Red Sub Easily visible to flint gravel, Alluvium GRAVEL with small
Borehole with SPT N-value Over 2000 Coarse
widely 2000 bedded Orange Slightly angular naked eye; fragments of pockets (up to 30
<5 20
2000 to Thickly Yellow (sandyd)) Sub particle shape can brick, rootlets, mm) of clay
Very loose 0-4 Widely 2000 to 600 Medium GRAVEL plastic bags etc. Weathered (Terrace Gravels)
600 bedded Brown rounded be described;
6 Grading can be Mercia
600 to Medium Green Rounded Fine
Loose 4-10 Medium 600 to 200 Mudstone
(over ~65% sand and gravel sizes)
200 bedded Blue described

(sandyd)) 5 to 20 b) 2 using terms such
Thinly White Flat as:
Medium dense 10-30 Closely 200 to 60 200 to 60
bedded Cream Lias Clay Medium dense light
Coarse
Coarse soils
Very Very thinly Grey Tabular brown gravelly

Dense 30-50 60 to 20 60 to 20 with rare clayey fine SAND.
closely bedded Black Very b)
>20 Embankment Gravel is fine
Extremely Thickly etc. (sandyd)) Elongated
Very dense >50 Under 20 20 to 6 0.6 with occasional Fill (Glacial Deposits)
closely laminated
Visible to naked
Thinly eye; with abundant/
Under 6
laminated No cohesion when frequent/ Topsoil
Medium SAND
dry; numerous
Visual
Grading can be Stiff very closely
examination: Breaks into
SAND Minor described. Made Ground sheared orange
Slightly pick removes blocks along b) 0.2
Fissured AND About 50 constituent or Glacial mottled brown
cemented soil in lumps unpolished
GRAVEL type Deposit ? etc. slightly gravelly
which can be discontinuities
CLAY.
abraded
Fine Gravel is fine and
Alternating Calcareous, % defined on a medium of rounded
Inter- Shelly, site or material quartzite.
bedded layers of
different types, Glauconitic, 0.06 specific basis or (Reworked
Easily moulded Light
prequalified by Micaceous Only coarse silt subjective Weathered London
or crushed in the Approx % c) Coarse
Breaks into thickness term Term visible with hand Clay)
fingers Secondary
blocks along if in equal Using terms lens;
Un-compact Sheared proportions. such as: 0.02 Exhibits little
polished Dark
discontinuities Otherwise plasticity and
thickness of slightly Medium SILT marked dilatancy;
and spacing calcareous Slightly granular or Firm thinly
between 0.006 silky to the touch; laminated grey
Can be moulded Mottled
(over ~35% silt and clay sizes)
subordinate Slightly calcareous Disintegrates in CLAY with closely

or crushed by <35 Fine
Compact layers defined. (sandye)) water; spaced thick
strong pressure
very Lumps dry quickly; laminae of sand.
in the fingers Inter- 0.002
calcareous (Alluvium)
Fine soils
Finger easily laminated Dry lumps can be

Very soft
pushed in up to broken but not
Cu 0 – 20kPa
25mm % defined on powdered between
Soft Finger pushed in a site or the fingers;
Cu 20 – 40kPa up to 10mm Spacing terms also used material They also Plastic brown
for distance between specific basis disintegrate under clayey amorphous
Thumb makes
Firm partings, isolated beds e) or subjective water but more PEAT.
impression
or laminae, desiccation, (sandy ) 35 to 65a)
Cu 40 – 75kPa slowly than silt; (Recent Deposits)
easily
cracks, rootlets etc. CLAY Smooth to the
Stiff Can be indented touch;
Cu 75 – 150kPa slightly by thumb Exhibits plasticity
Very stiff Can be indented but no dilatancy;
Cu 150 - 300kPa by thumb nail Sticks to the fingers
Hard (or very Very and dries slowly;
Can be >65a)
weak (sandyf)) Shrinks appreciably
scratched by on drying usually
mudstone)
thumb nail showing cracks
Cu > 300kPa
Transported mixtures Colour NOTES
Slightly organic clay or silt Grey as Contains finely divided or discrete a) Or described as coarse soil
Organic soils
Fibre already Plant remains recognizable d) Gravelly or sandy and/or

Firm Fibrous Slightly organic sand mineral particles of organic matter, often with depending on mass behaviour
compressed together and retains some strength silty or clayey
Organic clay or silt Dark grey distinctive smell, may oxidize rapidly.
Organic sand Dark grey Describe as for inorganic soils using b) Or described as fine soil depending
Very organic clay or silt Black terminology above. on mass behaviour e) Gravelly and/or sandy
Very compressible and Pseudo- Plant remains recognizable,
Spongy Very organic sand Black
open structure fibrous Strength lost f) Gravelly or sandy
Accumulated in situ Predominantly plant remains, usually dark brown or c) % coarse or fine soil type assessed
Can be moulded in hand Recognizable plant remains black in colour, distinctive smell, low bulk density. Can excluding cobbles and boulders
Plastic Amorphous Peat
and smears fingers absent contain disseminated or discrete mineral soils.
Ruddlesden geotechnical ltd
65 Langaton Lane, Pinhoe
Exeter EX1 3SP WINDOW SAMPLE BOREHOLE LOG
Telephone: 01392 678082
Fax: 01392 678083
Project BOREHOLE No
Wilsons Yard, Priory Bridge Road, Taunton, Somerset
Job No Date Ground Level (m) Co-Ordinates () WS1
08344 26-03-09
Contractor Sheet
Tor Drilling 1 of 1
Instrument/
SAMPLES & TESTS Water STRATA
Geology
Depth
Backfill
Type Test Reduced
Depth (Thick-
No Result Level Legend DESCRIPTION
ness)
MADE GROUND: Brown slightly silty slightly sandy gravel (demolition
(0.50) rubble).
0.50
0.70 MADE GROUND: Dark brown silty slightly gravelly clay with some
pieces of plastic, pottery, brick and charcoal.
0.75 J
1.00 Soft brown silty slightly gravelly CLAY.
1.00 SPT N3 Soft reddish brown or light grey sandy very gravelly CLAY.
(0.50)
1.50
Loose yellowish brown slightly clayey gravelly coarse SAND.
(0.40)
1.70 B 1.90
Medium dense brown grey or purple slightly sandy fine to medium
2.00 SPT N16 sub-angular to rounded GRAVEL. Gravel consists of occasional
(0.80) quartz.
2.70
Firm light grey slightly silty CLAY.
3.00
3.00 SPT N23
WINDOW SAMPLE BH LOG 08344 - WILSONS YARD, PRIORY BRIDGE ROAD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET.GPJ AGS 3_1.GDT 05/05/09
Boring Progress and Water Observations Chiselling GENERAL

Date Time Depth Casing Water From To Hours REMARKS
Depth Dia. mm Dpt
1. Borehole terminated at 3.00m due to
collapse.
2. Collapse of borehole sides.
3. Groundwater encountered at 1.60m.
All dimensions in metres Client: H. Tottle & Son Ltd Method/ Competitor 130 Logged By TN
Scale 1:50 Plant Used
Telephone: 01392 678082
Fax: 01392 678083
Project BOREHOLE No
08344 26-03-09
Contractor Sheet
Tor Drilling 1 of 1
Instrument/
Geology
Depth
Backfill
Type Test Reduced
Depth (Thick-
ness)
0.30 rubble).
0.40 J 0.50 MADE GROUND: Dark brown silty slightly gravelly clay with some
pieces of brick, pottery and charcoal.
0.80 Soft brown silty slightly gravelly CLAY.
Soft reddish brown slightly silty very slightly sandy very slightly
1.00 SPT N0 gravelly CLAY with rare shell fragments.
(1.10)
1.50 D
1.57 W 1.60 ...orangey brown
1.90 1.80 ...grey
2.00 SPT N0 Very loose off-white slightly clayey slightly gravelly coarse SAND.
(0.50)
2.40 2.20 ...brown
Very soft very dark brown clayey silty slightly sandy PEAT.
(0.40)
2.80 2.70 ...gravelly
Stiff reddish brown silty gravelly CLAY.
(1.10)
3.90 3.70 ...mottled light grey, sandy

4.00 Medium dense light grey medium SAND.

Depth Dia. mm Dpt
Telephone: 01392 678082
Fax: 01392 678083
Project BOREHOLE No
08344 26-03-09
Contractor Sheet
Tor Drilling 1 of 1
Instrument/
Geology
Depth
Backfill
Type Test Reduced
Depth (Thick-
ness)
(0.40) rubble).
0.40
MADE GROUND: Dark brown silty slightly gravelly clay with some
0.50 J pieces of brick, pottery and charcoal.
(0.60)
1.00
1.00 SPT N10 Medium dense grey, brown or purple very slightly clayey sandy fine to
coarse sub-angular to rounded GRAVEL. Gravel consists of some
quartz.
1.50 B
1.65 W
(1.80)
2.00 SPT N29
2.80
3.00 Soft reddish brown slightly silty CLAY.
3.00 SPT N11

Depth Dia. mm Dpt
1. Borehole terminated at 3.00m due to
collapse.
Telephone: 01392 678082
Fax: 01392 678083
Project BOREHOLE No
08344 26-03-09
Contractor Sheet
Tor Drilling 1 of 1
Instrument/
Geology
Depth
Backfill
Type Test Reduced
Depth (Thick-
ness)
0.30 rubble).
MADE GROUND: Brown silty gravelly clay with some pieces of brick,
charcoal and pottery.
(0.70)
0.50 ...slightly gravelly
0.75 J
1.00
1.00 SPT N7 Loose becoming medium dense grey, brown or purple very slightly
clayey slightly sandy fine to medium sub-angular to rounded
GRAVEL. Gravel consists of some quartz.
(2.00)
2.00 SPT N31
3.00
3.00 SPT N19

Depth Dia. mm Dpt

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KEY TO TRIAL PIT AND BOREHOLE LOGS (COMMON SYMBOLS)

Peat Fine grained igneous rock

Standing groundwater BENTONITE SEAL

SAMPLES IN-SITU TESTING

ROTARY DRILLING SPT RESULTS (EXAMPLES)

Ground Investigation and Environmental Assessment Report

By inspection of discontinuities very coarse soils

200 bedded Blue described

Very Very thinly Grey Tabular brown gravelly

subordinate Slightly calcareous Disintegrates in CLAY with closely

Finger easily laminated Dry lumps can be

Fibre already Plant remains recognizable d) Gravelly or sandy and/or

Boring Progress and Water Observations Chiselling GENERAL

3.90 3.70 ...mottled light grey, sandy

Boring Progress and Water Observations Chiselling GENERAL

Boring Progress and Water Observations Chiselling GENERAL

Boring Progress and Water Observations Chiselling GENERAL

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