012AC00135

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  1340 Maximum Width  50 Maximum Depth  15 Profile  U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects  15 Number of Animal Bones  22
Environmental   

Phasing

The fill of this ditch contained exclusively (9) Roman sherds. However, it is obviously a phase of the same enclosure system as 012AC00133 located immediately to the west, which contains an Anglian sherd. Either the ditch is a Roman precursor for an Anglian phase, or they are both Anglian, with this ditch containing residual Roman material.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

  012AC00142   012AC00140   012AC00084    012AC00165   012AC00372   
                     
  012AC00143   012AC00141       012AC00166   012AC00373   
                     
                     
            012AC00134         
                     
      012AC00387    012AC00389    012AC00391       
                     
      012AC00388    012AC00390    012AC00392       
                     
            012AC00135         
                     
                     
            012AC09503        
                     

Discussion

A linear enclosure ditch aligned north/south and forming the boundary of enclosures to the east and west. The northern extent of the ditch was defined by a butt-terminal while the southern end turns south-west and intersects with ditches 012AC00033, 012AC00335 and 012AC07211 but the stratigraphic relationship between the features could not be established. Ditch 012AC00133 lies immediately to the west on a similar alignment and clearly forms a different phase of the same enclosure; the stratigraphic relationship between the two ditches could not be eastablished during excavation. No section drawing was recorded for this feature. The ditch was cut by two pits 012AC00373 and 012AC00166.

Three post holes (012AC00388, 012AC00390 and 012AC00392) were defined on the ditch base.

The ditch clearly cut through the lower fills of the depression 012AC09503, although the upper fills were homogenous in nature and difficult to differentiate. These depression fills were unusual in nature, and were classified as turf deposits during the excavation phase.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

  CUT FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
  012AC00135 012AC00134   15 22  
POST HOLE 012AC00388 012AC00387        
POST HOLE 012AC00390 012AC00389        
POST HOLE 012AC00392 012AC00391        

Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AC00134 DAUB
2
  4TH CENTURY POTTERY
4
  ROMAN POTTERY
5
  Unassigned SNAIL
1
  Unassigned STONE
2
  ROMAN WORKED STONE
1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00134 Cattle
4
  Horse
3
  Pig
1
  Sheep
4
  Sheep/Goat
10

Context Details

012AC00135 Section and Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00134 DITCH FILL LINEAR
1520
50
15
 U-SHAPED DITCH ALIGNED N-S PARALLEL TO 133 RELATIONSHIP WITH 123 UNDEFINED. CUT BY PITS 166 AND 373
012AC00135 DITCH CUT LINEAR
1520
50
15
 V-SHAPED DITCH PARALLEL TO 133. POST HOLES CUT INTO DITCH 388 390 AND 392. RELATIONSHIP OF S. TERMINAL WITH DITCHES (344) AND PIT 368 UNDEFINED.

012AC00388 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00387 POST HOLE FILL SUB-CIRCULAR
32
32
24
 U-SHAPED CLEAN FILL - NO POST PACKING A FEW FRAGMENTS OF CHALK <3CM IN SIZE PEAGRIT FRAGMENTS
012AC00388 POST HOLE CUT SUB-CIRCULAR
32
32
24
 U-SHAPED POST HOLE AT NORTHERN TERMINAL OF N-S DITCH 135

012AC00390 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00389 POST HOLE FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR
45
24
16
 U-SHAPED POST HOLE ADJACENT TO 388 AT DITCH TERMINAL OF 135. CHALK FRAGMENTS <4CM IN SIZE.
012AC00390 POST HOLE CUT SUB-RECTANGULAR
45
24
16
   POST HOLE ADJACENT TO POST HOLE 388 AT NORTHERN TERMINAL OF DITCH 135

012AC00392 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00391 POST HOLE FILL SUB-CIRCULAR
24
24
24
 U-SHAPED POST HOLE DEFINED IN BASE OF DITCH 135. POST PACKING - ANGULAR CHALK BLOCK 16CM IN LENGTH
012AC00392 POST HOLE CUT SUB-CIRCULAR
24
24
24
 U-SHAPED POST HOLE DEFINED IN BASE OF DITCH 135. POST PACKING. OTHER POSTS IN BASE OF SAME DITCH = 388 AND 390

Objects by Context

KEY_ID OBCODE PERIOD1 MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AC00134 AJ ROMAN DAUB DAUB    
1
012AC00134 AK ROMAN DAUB DAUB    
2
012AC00134 AC 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AC00134 AD 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AC00134 AE 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AC00134 AN 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AC00134 AF ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AC00134 AG ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AC00134 AH ROMAN POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AC00134 AI ROMAN POTTERY SHERD FLANGED BOWL  
1
012AC00134 AM ROMAN POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AC00134 AL Unassigned SNAIL SNAIL SAMPLE    
1
012AC00134 AA Unassigned STONE STONE    
5
012AC00134 AB Unassigned STONE STONE    
1
012AC00134 AO ROMAN WORKED STONE WORKED STONE CHALK  
1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AC00134 Cattle Horncore 1
0
 0 1 0
012AC00134 Cattle Horncore 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Cattle M/C D 1
1
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Cattle Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Horse Phalanx 2 1
0
 0 1 0
012AC00134 Horse Scapula fr 1
0
 0 0 1
012AC00134 Horse Tooth 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Pig Mandible 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep Horncore 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep Phalanx 2 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep Radius C 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep Tibia D 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Axis 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Femur D 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Humerus br 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Tibia D 1
0
 0 0 0
012AC00134 Sheep/Goat Tibia D 1
0
 0 0 0