Shows location of spit 11CD5400 in relation to the rest of Site 11

011CD05400    Spit


 
Spit Details
Length 254 Width 235 Depth 8
Area  6.13 sq. m Volume
Material Culture Number of Objects 13 Number of Animal Bones 65

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

      011BD00502                                        011AD00002    011BD00856   011AE00116    
                                                           
   011CD05743    011BD01506   011BD01551                                        011CD08010   011CD05772    
                                                           
   011CD05689                                             011CD08029          
      011CD05024                                                    
                                                           
     011CD05117                                                      
                                                           
      011CD05178                                                    
                 011BD01572      011BD01581                                    
      011CD05269                                                    
                   011CD05000                                        
  011CD05308   011CD05312   011CD05325                                                
                                                           
    011CD05345         011CD05025       011CD05204   011CD05351   011CD05443   011CD05723   011CD05724   011CD05725   011CD05732   011CD05578   011CD05444    
                                                           
    011CD05389           011CD05192                                          
                                                           
      011CD05400                                               011CD05722   011CD05577

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Discussion

This was the final spit located in the northern central part of area 11CD, just to the south of the baulk which separated areas 11CD and 11CE. The material removed (by shovel) was a sandy loam (Munsell colour 10YR 4/3). The spit was excavated to define the orientation of the enclosure ditch sequence at this point, where the ditches were cut into a much sandier soil matrix.. This was the sixth (beneath 011CD05389) of a number of triangular spits which were required to isolate the complex ditch sequence. The finds were recovered by wet sieving (but an artificial plot has been created above to show the density of material recovered). The spit defined the line of enclosure ditches 011CD20007, 011CE00551 and 011CE20012, as well as pit 011CD05564. An unusually high density of animal bones were found.

011CD05400 Object Totals by Period and Material

 

011CD05400 Animal Bone Totals by Species

 

Context Details

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011CD05400 SPIT LINEAR SEG.
254
235
8
 FLAT BASED V SPIT TO FURTHER DETERMINE EXTENT OF DITCHES. SPIT SHOVELLED AND FINDS RECOVERED BY WET SIEVING.

Objects

 

Animal Bones