011BD01658

Pit (containing sheep burial)


 
Pit Details 
Length   105 Width  70 Depth  65 Profile Flat based U
Material Culture Number of Objects  15 Number of Animal Bones  31
Environmental       

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

A pit containing a double sheep burial in the east of area 11BD. The pit was stratigraphically later than three enclosure ditches (011CD07112, 011CD07113 and 011CD07114) and is probably post-medieval in date despite the variety of finds recovered. The pit was cut into a layer of gravel (011BD01549, possibly the old edge of the stream) and then sealed with the gravel taken out when the pit was dug (011BD01574). A stone setting 011BD01542 to the south lay above this layer of re-deposited gravel. The sheep skeletons (011BD00920Sheep burial 011BD00920) lay above a stony primary fill (011BD01550) and was sealed by a sandy silty loam (011BD00849). A further, single, sheep burial (011AD00031) was also recovered along the stream line to the south, towards the spring.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
011AD00032 011AD00031 1 26
011BD01658 011BD00849   15 4  
  011BD00920   0  27  
  011BD01550   0 0   
GRAVEL LAYER 011BD01549   1 0
GRAVEL LAYER 011BD01574   6 0

Object Totals by Material

011BD00849 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
011BD00849 PREHISTORIC FLINT
3
  Unassigned IRON
2
  ROMAN POTTERY
2
  Unassigned POTTERY
3
  Unassigned SNAIL
2
  Unassigned STONE
2
  NEOLITHIC WORKED STONE
1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

011BD00849 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
011BD00849 BIRD
1
  SHEEP/GOAT
3

011BD00920 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
011BD00920 SHEEP
27

 Context Details

011AD00032 Notes

 KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011AD00031 PIT FILL UNCLEAR
146
58
22
 UNCLEAR PIT CONTAINING SHEEP. EXACT DIMENSIONS LOST DUE TO FEATURE BEING DEFINED AFTER SURROUNDING LAYER HAD BEEN DROPPED. INC<30%<2CM. 1 FIND OF IRON.
011AD00031 PIT CUT UNCLEAR
146
58
22
 UNCLEAR CUT OF PIT CONTAINING SHEEP. HEAVILY TRUNCATED. EXCAVATION RAPID. TRUE CUT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DEFINED..

011BD01658 Notes

 KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011BD00849 PIT FILL RECTANGULAR
105
70
10
 FLAT THIS FILL CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POL. STONE AXE FRAG. BUT IS LIKELY TO BE MODERN IN AGE.
011BD00920 PIT FILL OVATE
105
70
30
 FLAT BASED U DOUBLE SHEEP BURIAL: ALSO CONTAINED FRAGMENT OF FLAKED FLINT.
011BD01550 PIT FILL OVATE
105
70
65
 FLAT BASED U MORE STONY LAYER THAN THAT OF ABOVE (920: DOUBLE SHEEP BURIAL). CHALK GRAVEL INCLUSIONS OF 50%.
011BD01658 PIT CUT OVATE
105
70
65
 FLAT BASED U CUT INTO NATURAL CHALK AND CHALK LAYER 1549.

Gravel Layers

 KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011BD01549 GRAVEL LAYER SEMI-CIRCULAR
480
180
25
 V-SHAPED THIS GRAVEL LAYER MAY HAVE BEEN THE EDGE OF AN OLD POOL NEAR THE SPRING.
011BD01574 GRAVEL LAYER AMORPHOUS
223
133
13
 COMPLEX THIS WAS A GRAVEL FILL IN A SOIL MATRIX AND LAY ABOVE PIT 849 AND THE NATURAL CHALK. UNDER 1990. S NUMBER.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
011AD00031 AA ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
13
011AD00032 AA Unassigned SLAG SLAG FRAGMENTS   IRON SLAG
2
011BD00849 AE PREHISTORIC FLINT FLAKE CORE PREP  
1
011BD00849 AK PREHISTORIC FLINT FLAKE    
1
011BD00849 AN PREHISTORIC FLINT FLINT FRAGMENT    
1
011BD00849 AA Unassigned IRON IRON NAIL/PAN    
1
011BD00849 AD Unassigned IRON IRON OBJECT ENCRUSTED LOOP HEAD
1
011BD00849 AB ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMAN
1
011BD00849 AC ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE
1
011BD00849 AG Unassigned POTTERY SHERD?    
1
011BD00849 AH Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011BD00849 AL Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011BD00849 AF Unassigned SNAIL SNAIL SAMPLE    
1
011BD00849 AI Unassigned SNAIL SNAIL SAMPLE    
1
011BD00849 AJ Unassigned STONE STONE   COAL
1
011BD00849 AM Unassigned STONE STONE    
1
011BD00849 AO NEOLITHIC WORKED STONE AXE FRAGMENT   POLISHED AXE
1

Gravel Layers Objects

KEY_ID OB MATERIAL PERIOD TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
011BD01549 AA IRON POST MEDIEVAL IRON KNIFE BONE HANDLED   1
011BD01574 AE FLINT PREHISTORIC CHIP     1
011BD01574 AA METAL ALLOY MODERN BUTTON     1
011BD01574 AB IRON   IRON NAIL     1
011BD01574 AC STONE   STONE   SANDSTONE 1
011BD01574 AD STONE   PEBBLE   GRANITE 1
011BD01574 AF STONE   STONE   IRONSTONE 1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
011AD00031 CATTLE Humerus D
1
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Astragalus
2
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Atlas
1
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Axis
1
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Calcaneum
2
0
0
0
1
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Femur C
2
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Humerus C
1
0
0
0
1
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Humerus C
1
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Hyoid
2
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT M/T C
2
0
0
0
1
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Mandible
2
0
0
0
1
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT N.Cuboid
1
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Occiput
2
0
0
0
1
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Patella
2
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Pelvis
2
0
0
0
2
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Phalanx 1
4
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Phalanx 2
2
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Phalanx 3
2
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Radius C
2
0
0
0
1
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Sacrum
1
0
0
0
0
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Scapula
2
0
0
0
1
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Skull fr
2
0
0
0
2
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Tibia C
2
0
0
0
1
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Ulna
1
0
0
0
1
011AD00031 SHEEP/GOAT Ulna
1
0
0
0
0
011AD00032 SHEEP/GOAT Humerus C
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00849 BIRD Other
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00849 SHEEP/GOAT Calcaneum
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00849 SHEEP/GOAT M/T P
1
1
0
0
0
011BD00849 SHEEP/GOAT Skull fr
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Astragalus
2
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Astragalus
2
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Atlas
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Atlas
1
0
0
0
1
011BD00920 SHEEP Axis
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Axis
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Calcaneum
2
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Calcaneum
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Femur C
2
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Femur C
2
0
0
0
1
011BD00920 SHEEP Hyoid
1
0
0
0
1
011BD00920 SHEEP Hyoid
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Mandible
2
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Mandible
2
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP N.Cuboid
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Occiput
2
0
0
0
1
011BD00920 SHEEP Occiput
2
0
0
0
1
011BD00920 SHEEP Patella
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Patella
2
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Pelvis
2
2
0
0
1
011BD00920 SHEEP Pelvis
2
0
0
0
1
011BD00920 SHEEP Sacrum
1
0
0
0
1
011BD00920 SHEEP Sacrum
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Skull fr
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Skull fr
2
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Tibia C
1
0
0
0
0
011BD00920 SHEEP Tibia C
3
0
0
0
0