West Heslerton: Anglian Settlement: Structural Catalogue

011BA07009

Grubenhaus

Grubenhaus Details
Length	415	Width	340	Depth	61	Ratio	1.2:1
Area	12.86 sq. m	Volume
Number of Posts	0
Highest Elevation Value	5895
Lowest Elevation Value	5834
Bearing	80 degrees
Structural Class
Material Culture	Number of Objects	19	Number of Animal Bones			81
Environmental

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

A deep, east/west aligned Grubenhaus in the north of area 11BA. The bend of the large enclosure ditches (011BA00301) in this area cuts through the structure on the north side. The structure cuts through two slots on the south side, 011BA00164 and 011BA00177. No post holes were discernible during excavation. No sections were drawn.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER	CUT	FILLS	VOLUME	OBJECTS	AN BONE	DENSITY
011BA07009	011BA00175	011BA00174		4	19
		011BA00280		3	6
		011BA00281		4	16
		011BA00282		5	21
		011BA00283		2	12
		011BA00284
		011BA00285
		011BA00286		1	4
		011BA00287			3
		011BA00288

Object Totals by Material

011BA00174 Object Totals by Material

011BA00174	Pottery	1	No Entry
	Stone	3

011BA00280 Object Totals by Material

011BA00280	Fired Clay	1
	Iron	1
	Snail	1

011BA00281 Object Totals by Material

011BA00281	Charcoal	1
	Stone	1
	Unfired Clay	2

011BA00282 Object Totals by Material

011BA00282	Pottery	1	Roman
	Stone	3
	Worked Stone	1

011BA00283 Object Totals by Material

011BA00283	Pottery	1	No Entry
	Worked Stone	1

011BA00286 Object Totals by Material

011BA00286

Worked Stone

Animal Bone Totals by Species

011BA00174 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BA00174	Cattle	6
011BA00174	Horse	4
011BA00174	Pig	1
011BA00174	Sheep/Goat	8

011BA00280 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BA00280	Cattle	1
011BA00280	Dog	1
011BA00280	Sheep	1
011BA00280	Sheep/Goat	3

011BA00281 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BA00281	Cattle	4
011BA00281	Dog	1
011BA00281	Horse	4
011BA00281	Pig	2
011BA00281	Sheep/Goat	4
011BA00281	Wild/domestic goose	1

011BA00282 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BA00282	Cat	1
011BA00282	Cattle	7
011BA00282	Dog	1
011BA00282	Domestic goose	1
011BA00282	Horse	2
011BA00282	Pig	1
011BA00282	Sheep/Goat	8

011BA00283 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BA00283	Cattle	3
011BA00283	Dog	2
011BA00283	Pig	2
011BA00283	Sheep/Goat	5

011BA00286 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BA00286	Cattle	2
011BA00286	Domestic goose	1
011BA00286	Sheep/Goat	1

011BA00287 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BA00287	Sheep/Goat	3

Structural Details

011BA00175 Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BA00174	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	378	363	41	WIDE U	SUBDIV INTO FOUR CONTEXTS 11BA280 TO 283 BY EXCV QUAD. FINDS BY CNTXT ONLY. PREDOMINANT RED SANDSTONE FRAGS CHALK 0.5 TO 7 CM IN SIZE
011BA00175	GRUB CUT	SUB-RECTANGULAR	378	363	61	WIDE U	W MEASUREMENT TO BAULK AS EDGE IS TRUNCATED CUTS DITCHES 11BA164 & 177
011BA00280	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	165	158	38	No Entry	GRUB FILL. UPPER FILL OF NE QUADRANT. FINDS BY CONTEXT ONLY.
011BA00281	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	247	181	38	No Entry	GRUB FILL. UPPER FILL OF SE QUADRANT. FINDS BY CONTEXT ONLY.
011BA00282	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	182	149	38	No Entry	GRUB FILL. UPPER FILL OF SW QUADRANT. FINDS BY CONTEXT ONLY.
011BA00283	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	192	181	38	No Entry	GRUB FILL. UPPER FILL OF NW QUADRANT. FINDS BY CONTEXT ONLY.
011BA00284	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	165	158	23	USHAPED	NE QUAD OF GRUB. FINDS BY CONTEXT ONLY. MUCH COPROLITIC MATTER. CHALK INCLUSIONS 5% 0.5-4CM IN DIAMETER.
011BA00285	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	247	181	23	No Entry	GRUB FILL. LOWER FILL OF SE QUADRANT. FINDS BY CONTEXT ONLY.
011BA00286	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	182	149	23	No Entry	GRUB FILL. LOWER FILL OF SW QUADRANT. FINDS BY CONTEXT ONLY.
011BA00287	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	192	181	23	No Entry	GRUB FILL. LOWER FILL OF NW QUADRANT. FINDS BY CONTEXT ONLY.
011BA00288	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	378	363	20	WIDE U	SUBDIV INTO FOUR ELEMENTS 11BA284 TO 287 ONE PER QUAD FINDS UNDER CONTEXT ONLY. MUCH FAECAL MATTER AND LITTLE ELSE

Objects by Context

KEY_ID	OBJ	PERIOD	MATERIAL	TYPE	SUB_TYPE	CLASS	No
011BA00174	AB	No Entry	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011BA00174	AA	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
011BA00174	AC	No Entry	STONE	STONE		SANDSTONE	1
011BA00174	AD	No Entry	STONE	STONE BLOCK		SANDSTONE	1
011BA00280	AB	EARLY SAXON	FIRED CLAY	LOOMWEIGHT	FIRED CLAY		1
011BA00280	AA	No Entry	IRON	IRON NAIL			1
011BA00280	AC	No Entry	SNAIL	SNAIL SAMPLE			1
011BA00281	AD	No Entry	CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
011BA00281	AB	No Entry	STONE	STONE BLOCK		SANDSTONE	1
011BA00281	AA	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY			1
011BA00281	AC	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY			1
011BA00282	AD	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		R-B	1
011BA00282	AB	No Entry	STONE	STONE		SANDSTONE	8
011BA00282	AC	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
011BA00282	AE	No Entry	STONE	PEBBLE			1
011BA00282	AA	EARLY SAXON	WORKED STONE	LAVA	NIEDERMENDIG		3
011BA00283	AA	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		MORTARIUM	1
011BA00283	AB	EARLY SAXON	WORKED STONE	SST BLOCK	?PIN GROOVE		1
011BA00286	AA	EARLY SAXON	WORKED STONE	LAVA	NIEDERMENDIG		3

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID	SPECIES	ELEMENT	QUANT	CHEW	BURN	BUTCH	FBRK
011BA00174	Cattle	Calcaneum	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00174	Cattle	Humerus D	1	0	0	1	0
011BA00174	Cattle	LM3	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00174	Cattle	Pelvis	1	1	0	1	1
011BA00174	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	1	0
011BA00174	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00174	Horse	Calcaneum	1	1	0	0	1
011BA00174	Horse	Radius P	1	1	0	0	0
011BA00174	Horse	Ulna	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00174	Horse	Ulna	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00174	Pig	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00174	Sheep/Goat	Humerus D	1	1	0	1	0
011BA00174	Sheep/Goat	M/T D	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00174	Sheep/Goat	M/T P	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00174	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00174	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00174	Sheep/Goat	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00174	Sheep/Goat	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00174	Sheep/Goat	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00280	Cattle	Radius P	1	0	0	1	1
011BA00280	Dog	Femur P	1	1	0	0	0
011BA00280	Sheep	Skull fr	1	0	0	1	0
011BA00280	Sheep/Goat	M/T D	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00280	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00280	Sheep/Goat	Tibia D	1	1	0	0	1
011BA00281	Cattle	Calcaneum	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00281	Cattle	Horncore	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00281	Cattle	Radius D	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00281	Cattle	Tibia P	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00281	Dog	Ulna	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00281	Horse	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00281	Horse	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00281	Horse	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00281	Horse	Phalanx 1	1	1	0	0	0
011BA00281	Pig	Scapula	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00281	Pig	Ulna	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00281	Sheep/Goat	Ld4	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00281	Sheep/Goat	M/C C	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00281	Sheep/Goat	Radius P	1	1	0	0	1
011BA00281	Sheep/Goat	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00281	Wild/domestic goose	Ulna	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00282	Cat	Tibia C	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00282	Cattle	M/C C	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00282	Cattle	M/C D	1	1	0	0	1
011BA00282	Cattle	M/T P	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00282	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00282	Cattle	Scapula	1	1	0	0	1
011BA00282	Cattle	Scapula	1	1	0	0	1
011BA00282	Cattle	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00282	Dog	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00282	Domestic goose	Coracoid	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00282	Horse	M/C C	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00282	Horse	M/T P	1	1	0	1	1
011BA00282	Pig	Radius P	1	1	0	0	1
011BA00282	Sheep/Goat	Axis	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00282	Sheep/Goat	Humerus D	1	0	0	1	0
011BA00282	Sheep/Goat	M/C D	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00282	Sheep/Goat	Mand fr	2	0	0	0	0
011BA00282	Sheep/Goat	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00282	Sheep/Goat	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00282	Sheep/Goat	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00282	Sheep/Goat	Tibia br	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00283	Cattle	M/C br	1	1	0	0	1
011BA00283	Cattle	M/podial	1	1	0	0	0
011BA00283	Cattle	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00283	Dog	Astragalus	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00283	Dog	Atlas	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00283	Pig	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00283	Pig	Scapula	1	1	0	0	1
011BA00283	Sheep/Goat	LM3	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00283	Sheep/Goat	M/C P	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00283	Sheep/Goat	M/T P	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00283	Sheep/Goat	Tibia br	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00283	Sheep/Goat	Tibia D	1	0	0	1	1
011BA00286	Cattle	LM3	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00286	Cattle	M/C C	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00286	Domestic goose	Tarsom/t	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00286	Sheep/Goat	Tibia D	2	0	0	0	0
011BA00287	Sheep/Goat	Radius br	1	1	0	0	0
011BA00287	Sheep/Goat	Radius P	1	0	0	0	1
011BA00287	Sheep/Goat	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	1