West Heslerton: Anglian Settlement Structural Catalogue

011CD07110

Enclosure Ditch

Ditch Details
Length	1120	Maximum Width	104	Maximum Depth	51	Profile	V shaped
Material Culture	Number of Objects	33	Number of Animal Bones			103
Environmental

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

A small east/west aligned ditch in the south of area 11CD. This is one of several similarly aligned ditches in the vicinity (see the stratigraphic matrix and further discussion for the enclosure ditches

). The east part of the ditch was cut away by 011CD07107 which was probably a direct replacement. A small pit (011BD01683) was noted in the vicinity of the ditch during the previous season of excavation but no relationship between the two features was established. The west terminus cut through the south side of a Roman ditch (011CD20015, within document 011CD20017) while the east end cut through small slot 011CD05749. Decayed daub was present in three fills (011CD05413, 011CD05423 and 011CD05441) along the length of the ditch (see the discussion in

for further details about spreads of decayed daub in the area).

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER	CUT	FILL	VOLUME	OBJECTS	AN BONE	DENSITY
011CD07110	011CD05414	011CD05413
	011CD05424	011CD05423		24	68
		011CD05688
	011CD05429	011CD05441		8	17
		011CD05442			18
	011CD05448	011CD05447		1

Object Totals by Material

011CD05423 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID	PERIOD	MATERIAL	No
011CD05423	ANGLIAN	DAUB	1
	ANGLIAN	SLAG	1
	ANGLIAN	UNFIRED CLAY	1
	ROMAN	POTTERY	6
	Unassigned	CHARCOAL	3
	Unassigned	IRON	1
	Unassigned	POTTERY	1
	Unassigned	STONE	10

011CD05441 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID	PERIOD	MATERIAL	No
011CD05441	ANGLIAN	UNFIRED CLAY	1
	ROMAN	POTTERY	3
	Unassigned	POTTERY	2
	Unassigned	STONE	2

011CD05448 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID	PERIOD	MATERIAL	No
011CD05448	Unassigned	IRON	1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

011CD05423 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011CD05423	BIRD	5
	CAT	5
	CATTLE	21
	GOAT	1
	HORSE	3
	PIG	8
	SHEEP	1
	SHEEP/GOAT	24

011CD05441 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011CD05441	CATTLE	1
	HORSE	1
	PIG	4
	SHEEP	1
	SHEEP/GOAT	10

011CD05442 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011CD05442	BIRD	2
	CATTLE	2
	OTHER SPP	1
	PIG	1
	SHEEP/GOAT	12

Structural Details

011CD05414 Section and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011CD05413	DITCH FILL	LINEAR SEG.	95	86	41	V-SHAPED	MEASURED TO EAST SECTION. MAY BE BUTT END OF 5441 OR BUTT END OF 542 BUTT THIS IS NOT EVIDENT ON THE SURFACE. DECAYED DAUB LAYER.
011CD05414	DITCH CUT	LINEAR SEG.	95	86	41	V-SHAPED	CUT INTO NAT. CHALK SAND AND HILL WASH. V SHAPE PROFILE WITH SANDY BOTTOM. MAY BE RELATED TO 5429 BUT THIS IS NOT CERTAIN.

011CD05424 Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011CD05423	DITCH FILL	LINEAR SEG.	327	84	32	U-SHAPED	DECAYED DAUB LAYER IS THE LATEST FILL IN THIS DITCH. FINDS INCLUDE NIED LAVA AND HOOF OF COW? POSS CUT BY 5437.
011CD05424	DITCH CUT	LINEAR SEG.	327	84	51	U-SHAPED	CUT INTO NATURAL CHALK THIS FEATURE HAS A REGULAR U PROFILE. THE LATEST FILL WAS A DECAYED DAUB FILL.
011CD05688	DITCH FILL	LINEAR SEG.	311	56	19	U-SHAPED	FILL OF DITCH UNDER DECAYED DAUB LAYER 5423. CONTAINED ONLY A FEW ANIMAL BONES. CHALK INC 20% 0.5-3 CM IN DIAM.

011CD05429 Section and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011CD05429	DITCH CUT	LINEAR SEG.	180	104	40	V-SHAPED	CUT INTO THE NATURAL SAND AND GRAVEL. BELLS OUT AT END AND COULD BE TERMINUS OF 5413/5414.
011CD05441	DITCH FILL	LINEAR SEG.	241	65	18	V-SHAPED	DECAYED DAUB LAYER. HAD HORN CORE WITH CUT MARKS (2). LOOM WEIGHT CLAY FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH DARK (BURNT?) MATERIAL.
011CD05442	DITCH FILL	LINEAR SEG.	170	104	18	V-SHAPED	LAYER OF REDEP. NATURAL IN BOTTOM OF DITCH. POTENTIALLY THE BELL END OFDITCH 5413/5414.

011CD05448 Section and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011CD05447	DITCH FILL	LINEAR	110	47	21	U-SHAPED	FILL CONTAINED NO FINDS. CALK INC 10%. APPEARS TO JOIN DITCH CUT 5449 BUT FILL WAS NOT THE DECAYED DAUB LAYER.
011CD05448	DITCH CUT	LINEAR	110	47	21	U-SHAPED	CUT INTO THE (BURIED SOIL?) 5435. APPEARS TO MERGE WITH DITCH CUT 5449. BOTH THEN HEAD EAST TOWARDS THE STREAM CHANNEL.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID	OB	PERIOD	MATERIAL	TYPE	SUB_TYPE	CLASS	No
011CD05423	AJ	Unassigned	CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
011CD05423	AK	Unassigned	CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
011CD05423	AL	Unassigned	CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
011CD05423	AX	ANGLIAN	DAUB	DAUB			1
011CD05423	AA	Unassigned	IRON	IRON FRAGMENT?			1
011CD05423	AB	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011CD05423	AC	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011CD05423	AD	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011CD05423	AG	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011CD05423	AT	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011CD05423	AW	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011CD05423	AS	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011CD05423	AO	ANGLIAN	SLAG	SLAG			2
011CD05423	AE	Unassigned	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
011CD05423	AF	Unassigned	STONE	STONE			1
011CD05423	AI	Unassigned	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
011CD05423	AM	Unassigned	STONE	STONE			1
011CD05423	AN	Unassigned	STONE	STONE			1
011CD05423	AP	Unassigned	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
011CD05423	AQ	Unassigned	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
011CD05423	AR	Unassigned	STONE	STONE			1
011CD05423	AV	Unassigned	STONE	STONE			1
011CD05423	AY	Unassigned	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
011CD05423	AH	ANGLIAN	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY			4
011CD05441	AD	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011CD05441	AF	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH?	1
011CD05441	AH	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011CD05441	AB	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011CD05441	AC	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011CD05441	AE	Unassigned	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
011CD05441	AG	Unassigned	STONE	STONE			1
011CD05441	AA	ANGLIAN	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY			43
011CD05448	AA	Unassigned	IRON	IRON NAIL			1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID	SPECIES	ELEMENT	QUANT	CHEW	BURN	BUTCH	FBRK
011CD05423	BIRD	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	BIRD	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	BIRD	Tarsom/t	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	BIRD	Ulna	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	BIRD	Ulna	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	CAT	Femur P	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	CAT	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CAT	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CAT	Radius D	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CAT	Radius P	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	CATTLE	Astragalus	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Atlas	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Horncore	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	M/T C	1	1	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	M/T D	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Occiput	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	CATTLE	Occiput	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	CATTLE	Patella	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	CATTLE	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Pelvis	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Phalanx 3	1	1	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Scapula	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	CATTLE	Scapula	1	1	0	0	1
011CD05423	CATTLE	Tibia P	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	GOAT	Horncore	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	HORSE	Femur P	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05423	HORSE	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	HORSE	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	PIG	Femur P	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	PIG	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	PIG	M/C C	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	PIG	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	PIG	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	PIG	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	PIG	Tibia C	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	PIG	Ulna	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP	Horncore	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Atlas	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Atlas	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Axis	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Femur D	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Femur D	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Humerus D	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Humerus D	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	LM3	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	M/C P	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	M/T br	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Phalanx 1	1	1	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Radius br	1	1	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Radius br	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Radius C	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Radius C	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Scapula	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05423	SHEEP/GOAT	Ulna	1	1	0	0	0
011CD05441	CATTLE	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	HORSE	LM3	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	PIG	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	PIG	M/podial	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05441	PIG	M/T P	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	PIG	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	SHEEP	Horncore	1	0	0	1	1
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Astragalus	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Astragalus	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Femur D	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Femur P	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Pelvis	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Phalanx 1	2	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05441	SHEEP/GOAT	Ulna	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	BIRD	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05442	BIRD	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	CATTLE	Femur P	1	0	0	1	1
011CD05442	CATTLE	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	OTHER SPP	Other	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	PIG	Sacrum	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Femur P	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	M/C P	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	M/podial	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Mand fr	2	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Mand fr	3	0	0	0	1
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Mand fr	2	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Pelvis	1	0	0	1	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	1
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	0
011CD05442	SHEEP/GOAT	Tibia br	1	0	0	0	0