Ditch Details | |||||||
Length | 100 m | Maximum Width | 175 | Maximum Depth | 33 | Profile | U SHAPED |
Material Culture | Number of Objects | 317 | Number of Animal Bones | 107 | |||
Environmental |
A context (011AB00735) classified as a "buried soil" was excavated directly above the ditch segment 011AB00802. The distribution of finds from this context indicate that this was in fact part of the upper ditch fill.
MASTER | CUT | FILL | VOLUME | OBJECTS | AN BONE | DENSITY |
011CE20012 | 011AB00802 | 011AB00804 | 41 | 9 | ||
011BE00105 | 011BE00104 | 6 | 1 | |||
011CD20006 | 011CD05041 | 011CD05040 | 35 | 21 | ||
011CD05315 | 011CD05202 | 4 | 5 | |||
011CD05205 | 7 | 29 | ||||
011CD05404 | 011CD05403 | 7 | 25 | |||
011CD05466 | 0 | 0 | ||||
011CD05408 | 011CD05407 | 4 | 5 | |||
011CD05418 | 011CD05417 | 0 | 0 | |||
011CE20012 | 011CE00524 | 011CE00523 | 6 | 7 | ||
011CE00532 | 011CE00531 | 197 | 3 | |||
011CE00570 | 011CE00569 | 2 | 2 | |||
011CE00578 | 011CE00577 | 2 | 2 | |||
011CE00612 | 1 | 0 | ||||
011CE00693 | 011CE00692 | 8 | 0 |
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011AB00804 | Unassigned | CHARCOAL |
2
|
ANGLIAN | DAUB |
19
|
|
ANGLIAN | FIRED CLAY |
1
|
|
Unassigned | FIRED CLAY |
4
|
|
PREHISTORIC | FLINT |
1
|
|
PREHISTORIC | POTTERY |
1
|
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
4
|
|
Unassigned | POTTERY |
2
|
|
ANGLIAN | SLAG |
1
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
6
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011BE00104 | Unassigned | CHARCOAL |
1
|
ANGLIAN | DAUB |
3
|
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
1
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
1
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011CD05040 | Unassigned | CHARCOAL |
5
|
Unassigned | FIRED CLAY |
1
|
|
Unassigned | IRON |
1
|
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
1
|
|
Unassigned | POTTERY |
5
|
|
Unassigned | SLAG |
1
|
|
Unassigned | SNAIL |
4
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
14
|
|
ANGLIAN | UTILISED STONE |
3
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011CD05202 | ROMAN | POTTERY |
1
|
Unassigned | POTTERY |
1
|
|
ANGLIAN | UTILISED STONE |
1
|
|
ANGLIAN | WORKED BONE |
1
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011CD05205 | Unassigned | IRON |
1
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
4
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
1
|
|
Unassigned | WORKED STONE |
1
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011CD05403 | Unassigned | CHARCOAL |
1
|
Unassigned | COPPER ALLOY |
1
|
|
MEDIEVAL | POTTERY |
1
|
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
1
|
|
Unassigned | POTTERY |
1
|
|
Unassigned | SNAIL |
1
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
1
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011CD05407 | PREHISTORIC | FLINT |
1
|
Unassigned | IRON |
1
|
|
Unassigned | SNAIL |
1
|
|
ANGLIAN | WORKED BONE |
1
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011CE00523 | Unassigned | CHARCOAL |
1
|
PREHISTORIC | FLINT |
2
|
|
Unassigned | IRON |
2
|
|
Unassigned | MINERAL |
1
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011CE00531 | ANGLIAN | BURNT CLAY |
1
|
ANGLIAN | CHARCOAL |
23
|
|
Unassigned | CHARCOAL |
4
|
|
ANGLIAN | DAUB |
137
|
|
PREHISTORIC | FLINT |
2
|
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
9
|
|
Unassigned | POTTERY |
2
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
19
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011CE00569 | ROMAN | POTTERY |
2
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
011CE00692 | Unassigned | CHARCOAL |
1
|
PREHISTORIC | FLINT |
1
|
|
Unassigned | IRON |
1
|
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
3
|
|
Unassigned | SNAIL |
1
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
1
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011AB00804 | CATTLE |
6
|
SHEEP/GOAT |
3
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011BE00104 | SHEEP/GOAT |
1
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011CD05040 | BIRD |
2
|
CATTLE |
9
|
|
HORSE |
2
|
|
PIG |
1
|
|
SHEEP/GOAT |
7
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011CD05202 | CATTLE |
3
|
SHEEP/GOAT |
2
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011CD05205 | AMPHIBIANS |
1
|
CATTLE |
10
|
|
HORSE |
1
|
|
PIG |
3
|
|
SHEEP/GOAT |
14
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011CD05403 | AMPHIBIANS |
1
|
BADGER |
1
|
|
BIRD |
8
|
|
CATTLE |
4
|
|
SHEEP/GOAT |
11
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011CD05407 | BIRD |
1
|
SHEEP/GOAT |
4
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011CE00523 | BIRD |
1
|
CATTLE |
3
|
|
SHEEP/GOAT |
3
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011CE00531 | PIG |
1
|
SHEEP/GOAT |
2
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
011CE00569 | SHEEP/GOAT |
2
|
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011AB00802 | DITCH CUT SEG | CURVILINEAR |
785
|
175
|
31
|
FLAT BASED U | CUT OF CURVILINEAR FEATURE LOCATED IN S 11AB:ORIENTATED SSE-W.TERMINATING TOWARDS W.CUT INTO BURROWED LOAMY SAND & GRAVEL NATURAL:CUT SHALLOWS TO W. |
011AB00804 | DITCH FILL SEG | CURVILINEAR |
785
|
175
|
31
|
FLAT BASED U | SERIES OF SEGMENTS OF CURVILINEAR FEATURE:LOCATED BELOW BURIED SOIL(735).DARK SILTY/LOAM SAND WITH SMALL NUMBER OF INCLUSIONS:SOME BDAUB:CHARCOAL:BONE |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011BE00104 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
577
|
103
|
25
|
V-SHAPED | CHALK INC 1CM. CARBON AND DAUB FLECKS. A FEW LARGER CHALK LUMPS UP TO 8 CM IN DIAMETER. EQUALS 1992 CONTEXT 11CE 531. |
011BE00105 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
577
|
103
|
25
|
V-SHAPED | EQUALS 1992 CONTEXT 11CE 532. EDGES DIFFICULT TO DEFINE AS FEATURE WAS CUT INTO HILLWASH. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011CD05040 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR SEG. |
620
|
115
|
27
|
U-SHAPED | CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY. FILL OF REDEFINED DITCH CONTAINED RIGHT PPER AND LEFT LOWER HORSE JAW BONES. MEDIUM DARK SANDY LOAM FILL. |
011CD05041 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR SEG. |
620
|
115
|
27
|
U-SHAPED | CUT INTO SAND AND CHALK NATURAL. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SMALL REDEFINITION OF DITCH: SEE NOTES. MAY BE EQUAL TO DITCH 5315. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011CD05202 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR SEG. |
181
|
81
|
23
|
ROUND BASED | ONLY 3 ANIMAL BONES FOUND. THIS DITCH WAS PROBABLY THE LATEST IN THE SEQUENCE OF DITCHES IN THE SOUTH QUAD OF CD. |
011CD05205 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR SEG. |
238
|
105
|
33
|
ROUND BASED | DITCH FILL WET SIEVED. LESS STONY THEN NEXT SEGMENT OF DITCH. LENGTH MEASURED TO WESTERN END OF BAULK. |
011CD05315 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR SEG. |
455
|
106
|
37
|
V-SHAPED | THIS CUT NUMBER INCLUDES THE LENGTH OF BOTH FILLS 5205 AND 5202. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011CD05403 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR SEG. |
367
|
82
|
23
|
V-SHAPED | FILL OF DITCH WET SIEVED. LATEST IN THE SEQUENCE OF 3 DITCHES IN THE NW QUAD OF CD. |
011CD05404 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR SEG. |
367
|
82
|
23
|
V-SHAPED | CUT INTO NATURAL SAND AND HILL WASH. THIS IS POTENTIALLY THE LATEST DITCH IN THE SEQUENCE OF 3 IN THE NW QUAD OF CD. |
011CD05466 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
145
|
60
|
8
|
WIDE V | CESSY FILL IN THE EASTERN EDGE OF 5403/5404. ONLY ANIMAL BONE FINDS. THIS FILL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CUT BY DITCH 5437. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011CD05407 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR SEG. |
254
|
89
|
37
|
WIDE U | MEDIUM DARK SANDY LOAM FILL: CHALK INCLUSIONS APPROX. 40%. SHOVELLED AND FINDS RETRIEVED BY WET SIEVING. P/H IN BASE (5417). |
011CD05408 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR SEG. |
254
|
89
|
37
|
WIDE U | CUT INTO SAND AND PEA GRIT NATURAL. MAY CUT PARALLEL DITCH 5406. P/H FOUND IN BASE OF DITCH: EXCAVATED UNDER 5417/5418. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011CD05417 | POST HOLE FILL | ROUND |
31
|
27
|
9
|
U-SHAPED | POST HOLE IN LARGE DITCH 5407/5408 WHICH WAS SOVELLRD OUT. THE P.H. WAS TROWELLED. A SNAIL SHELL WAS THE ONLY FIND. |
011CD05418 | POST HOLE CUT | ROUND |
32
|
27
|
9
|
U-SHAPED | CUT INTO SANDY NATURAL. FAIRLY REGULAR CUT. NO OTHER POST HOLES RECOGNISED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THIS DITCH. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011CE00523 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
790
|
75
|
43
|
U-SHAPED | UNDEF RELATION WITH 645/661:DITCH NARROWS & RISES TO MEET PIT 874:EMERGES IN N-E DIR.FROM CE/CD BAULK:CUT BY PIPE:BONE:CHARCOAL FLEC:CHALK<1-2CM(4%) |
011CE00524 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
790
|
75
|
43
|
U-SHAPED | UNDEF.RELATION WITH 645/661:RUNS IN TO PIT 874:CUT BY PIPE:WIDTH NARROWS TO MIN OF 40 CM:DEPTH RISES TO 14CM: |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011CE00531 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
2272
|
90
|
31
|
U-SHAPED | 531=692?=569?:LG AMT BURNT ORANGE MAT:LG AMT BURNT SANDSTONE:BONE:POTTERY:QUERNSTONE:DARK FILL(ASH?): |
011CE00532 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
2270
|
90
|
31
|
U-SHAPED | 532=613?(FILLS DIFFER SLIGHTLY):RELATION WITH 553 &740?: CUTS 710?:RUNS S-N CURVING NE. CUT INTO THE NATURAL ORANGE SAND. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011CE00569 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
253
|
128
|
29
|
U-SHAPED | NW DIR FROM BAULK CD/CE:SAMIAN RIM SHERD:ANIMAL BONE:CHALK INC 1-3CM: |
011CE00570 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
253
|
128
|
29
|
U-SHAPED | LIES IN THE TRENCH 533 RUNNING NNW - SSE: |
011CE00577 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR | 533 | 97 | 37 | V-SHAPED | FILL OF DITCH INCLUDES BONE TEETH AND FLINT. ALSO CUTS THROUGH DITCH 619/620. |
011CE00578 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR | 533 | 97 | 37 | V-SHAPED | CUT OF DITCH. CUT INTO CHALK NATURAL. ALSO CUTS THROUGH DITCH 619/620. |
011CE00581 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR | V-SHAPED | NUMBER ISSUED IN ERROR. THIS CONTEXT IS EQUAL TO DITCH FILL 577. FINDS BAGGED UNDER 577. RECORDED BECAUSE IT WAS EDM'D. | |||
011CE00582 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR | V-SHAPED | NUMBER ISSUED IN ERROR. THIS CONTEXT IS EQUAL TO DITCH CUT 578. RECORDED BECAUSE IT WAS EDM'D. | |||
011CE00612 | REDEPOSITED NATURAL | LINEAR | 219 | 38 | 11 | U-SHAPED | REDEPOSITED NATURAL GRAVEL ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE THE EDGE OF 577/578 BUT PROVING TO LIE ON THE SURFACE OF THIS FILL. SPARSE FINDS OF BONE. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
011CE00692 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR SEG. |
300
|
90
|
43
|
V-SHAPED | FILL OF DITCH SHOVELLED OUT FOR WET SIEVING. CUT BY DITCH 690/691. CUTS THROUGH DITCH 711/712. |
011CE00693 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR SEG. |
300
|
90
|
43
|
V-SHAPED | CUT OF DITCH SHOVELLED OUT FOR WET SIEVING. CUT BY DITCH 690/691. CUTS THROUGH DITCH 711/712. ALSO CUT INTO CHALK NATURAL. |