011AB10003                     Enclosure Ditch


 
 
Enclosure Details
Length  161 m Maximum Width 206  Maximum Depth 45  Profile V-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 505 Number of Animal Bones 296
Environmental       

Phasing

This phase of the enclosure system proved to be vital in establishing the sequence of events in this area, as a number of stratigraphic relationships were clearly visible in the field, both pre and post dating this phase. In the extreme north-east, the enclosure both cuts through an earlier ditch and is subseqently cut by an Anglian slot. In the south, this phase of the ditch was demonstrated to cut through the earlier phase (Master 011AB10004). The ditch is also cut by the large quarry pit (Master 011AB10006). It is also claimed that the wider section in the north-east (ditch segments 011AB00065 and 011AB00066) are cut by a ploughmark (011AB00014/15). Some of the material from this plough furrow may well be derived from the ditch fill.

Stratigraphic Sequence Diagram

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Discussion

The outer enclosure ditch is the final of the three main phases of this large enclosure system, all of which extend up to the stream channel to the east. Due to the excavation technique of issuing a different fill and cut context number for each excavated segment of ditch, the sheer number of contexts issued (59 fill numbers) has necessitated a different technique for dealing with the catalogue entry for this phase of the enclosure ditch. Separate HTML documents have been created for the animal bone, object and context entries. These are accessed in the normal way by clicking on the relevant link, and then you can return to this document either by the links provided in the secondary document or by clicking on the "back" button in the menu structure at the top of the page. Also, as it is difficult to see which segment of ditch you are clicking on from the plan above, a click will zoom you in to a close up of the northern and southern sections of the enclosure, where each cut number issued will be numbered in red.

This phase of the enclosure system contained many more objects than animal bones (ratio 63:37) than the other 2 phases of the system, which were both near a 50:50 ratio. The area enclosed was 3303 sq. metres, making this the largest of the three phases of enclosure.
 

 All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
 011AB10003 011AB00056 011AB00017   5 + 1 1  
  011AB00059 011AB00004   2 4  
011AB00020 2
011AB00058
011AB00063 1 13
  011AB00065 011AB00012   13 30  
  011AB00066 011AB00010   8 18  
  011AB00070 011AB00006   1  
  011AB00071 011AB00033   15 28  
  011AB00072 011AB00039   12 6  
  011AB00073 011AB00042   7 6  
  011AB00086 011AB00074   6  
  011AB00087 011AB00075   2  
  011AB00088 011AB00076   12  
  011AB00089 011AB00077   1 9  
011AB00093 011AB00062 1
  011AB00103 011AB00102   1  
011AB00147
  011AB00105 011AB00104   8 13  
  011AB00148    
  011AB00152 011AB00050   5  +  1 2  
011AB00157 011AB00119 6   +  10
    011AB00131   2 1  
  011AB00165 011AB00117    
011AB00125
  011AB00166 011AB00002   12 2  
  011AB00175 011AB00019   9 5  
  011AB00176 011AB00023   12 8  
    011AB00146        
  011AB00181 011AB00026   7 11  
    011AB00034   11 19  
  011AB00184 011AB00021   4 7  
  011AB00189 011AB00046   6 4  
  011AB00192 011AB00052   2 8  
011AB00195 011AB00149 2 5
  011AB00196 011AB00167   9 9  
011AB00168 4 2
  011AB00222 011AB00218   6  
  011AB00515 011AB00514   3  
011AB00531 011AB00530 76 6
  011AB00546 011AB00545   2 2  
011AB00548 011AB00547 1
  011AB00550 011AB00549   13 9  
  011AB00602 011AB00601   6 4  
  011AB00622 011AB00621   68 1  
  011AB00624 011AB00623   32 8  
  011AB00646 011AB00645   36  + 6 1  
011AB00657 011AB00656 5   +  1
  011AB00659 011AB00658   6  
011AB00825 011AB00824 5 1
011AB00828 6 1
011AB00831 2
 Secondary Phase    
011AB00194 011AB00156 2
011AB00221 011AB00210 8
011AB00217 3 3
011AB00554 011AB00553 6 1
  011AB00650 011AB00648   2  
  011AB00649   18 2  
  011AB00652 011AB00651   19  +  1 2  
Plough Mark 011AB00015 011AB00014 18 5

011AB00014/15 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011AB00014 PLOUGH MARK FILL LINEAR SEG. 308 151 14 WIDE U PLOUGH DISTURBANCE OF OUTER ENCLOSURE DITCH SEGMENT. NE 11AB. DARK HUMIC SANDY FILL WITH STONY INCLUSIONS. SOME GRAVEL.
011AB00015 PLOUGH MARK FILL LINEAR SEG. 308 151 14 WIDE U PLOUGH DISTURBANCE OF THE OUTER ENCLOSURE DITCH SEGMENT. NE SIDE OF ENCLOSURE. DARK HUMIC FILL WITH STONY INCLUSIONS. SOME BURROWING IN FILL.

Objects

KEY_ID OB MATERIAL PERIOD TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
011AB00014 AA SHELL   SHELL     1
011AB00014 AB WORKED BONE ANGLIAN BONE OBJECT HANDLE OR COMB   1
011AB00014 AC POTTERY PREHISTORIC SHERD     1
011AB00014 AD POTTERY 3-4C SHERD JHUN? ROMAN 1
011AB00014 AE STONE   PEBBLE     1
011AB00015 AA STONE   STONE     2
011AB00015 AB CHARCOAL   CHARCOAL SAMPLE LARGE PIECES   1
011AB00015 AC CHARCOAL   CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
011AB00015 AD POTTERY   SHERD     1
011AB00015 AE POTTERY PREHISTORIC SHERD     1
011AB00015 AF CHARCOAL   CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
011AB00015 AG CHARCOAL   CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
011AB00015 AH CHARCOAL   CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
011AB00015 AI POTTERY MEDIEVAL SHERD   MEDIEVAL 1
011AB00015 AJ POTTERY 3-4C SHERD     1
011AB00015 AK DAUB BURNT DAUB     3
011AB00015 AL CHARCOAL   CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
011AB00015 AM SLAG SLAG?   IRON SLAG 1

Animal Bones

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
011AB00014 Sheep/Goat Humerus br 1 0 0 0
011AB00014 Pig Humerus br 1 0 0 0
011AB00014 Domestic fowl/Pheasan Ulna 0 0 0 0
011AB00015 Wild/domestic goose Ulna 0 0 0 1
011AB00015 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1 0 0 0