012AB00929

Ditch

  
 
Ditch Details 
Length   3215 Maximum Width   70 Maximum Depth   30 Profile U shaped
Material Culture  Number of Objects  1 Number of Animal Bones  22
Environmental       

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

     

Discussion

 A curvilinear enclosure ditch in the north of area 12AB. This is one of the earlier of a series of enclosure ditches on the same alignment, probably enclosing stock. The ditch cut through a pit (012AB00807) and a slot (012AB00772). Later phases of the same enclosure system cut through the ditch (012AB00761 and 012AB00797).

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT  FILL VOLUME  OBJECTS AN BONE  DENSITY
 
012AB00791
012AB00792
    1  22  
 
012AB00929
012AB00930
        
 
012AC00157
012AC00156
        

Object Totals by Material

012AB00792 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AB00792 ROMAN/ANGLIAN IRON
1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

012AB00792 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AB00792 Cattle
10
 
 Domestic fowl
1
 
 Hare spp.
1
 
 Horse
1
 
 Pig
2
 
 Sheep
2
 
 Sheep/Goat
5

Context Details

012AB00791 Section and Notes

012AB00791 East Facing Section

012AB00791 East Facing Section

012AB00791 East Facing Section

012AB00791 West Facing Section

 KEY_ID  TYPE SHAPE  L B  D PROFILE  NOTES
012AB00791 DITCH CUT LINEAR
2300
70
20
  WIDE U CUT OF DITCH RUNNING E-W AB BUTTING 7M FROM E EXTENT+5M FROM W EXTENT CUTTING DITCH AND PIT CUT BY LATEST DITCH IN BOUNDARY SEQUENCE 797
012AB00792 DITCH FILL LINEAR
2300
70
20
 WIDE U FILL OF DITCH CUT BY LATE DITCH 797 INCLUSIONS OF CHALK <3CM 5% CHARCOAL FLECKS DITCH FILL VARIES REDDISH AND GREYISH DOWN ITS LENGTH

012AB00929 Notes

 KEY_ID  TYPE SHAPE  L B  D PROFILE  NOTES
012AB00929 DITCH CUT LINEAR
400
35
12
 
 CUT OF DITCH RECUT BY 797 VISIBLE ONLY IN THE W 4M OF N AB VISIBLE DUE TO SLIGHTLY DARKER FILL
012AB00930 DITCH FILL LINEAR
400
35
12
 
 FILL OF DITCH RECUT BY 797 SLIGHTLY DARKER FILL THAN 797 INCLUSIONS OF CHALK <3CM 10%

012AC00157 Notes

 KEY_ID  TYPE SHAPE  L B  D PROFILE  NOTES
012AC00156 DITCH FILL LINEAR
880
40
30
 U-SHAPED DITCH TRUNCATED BY DITCH 64 (FINDS LIFTED UNDER 5 75 AND 63). FREQUENT CHALK FRAGMENTS <10CM IN SIZE.
012AC00157 DITCH CUT LINEAR
880
40
30
 U-SHAPED DITCH TRUNCATED BY DITCH 64. ONLY CLEARLY DEFINED AFTER COMPLETE RAPID EXCAVATION UNKNOWN RELATIONSHIP WITH DITCH 137 AND DITCH 61

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AB00792 AB ROMAN/ANGLIAN IRON IRON KNIFE?
 
 
1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID  SPECIES ELEMENT  QUANT CHEW  BURN BUTCH  FBRK
012AB00792 Cattle Astragalus 2 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Cattle M/T D 1 0 0 0 1
012AB00792 Cattle M/T P 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Cattle Occiput 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Cattle Radius D 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Cattle Sacrum 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Cattle Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Domestic fowl Humerus C 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Hare spp. Humerus P 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Horse M/C P 1 0 0 0 1
012AB00792 Pig Occiput 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Pig Scapula 1 0 0 0 1
012AB00792 Sheep Humerus D 1 0 0 0 1
012AB00792 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 1
012AB00792 Sheep/Goat Femur P 1 0 0 0 1
012AB00792 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AB00792 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AB00792 Sheep/Goat Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1