012AC00141

Pit

Phasing

No diagnostic material was recovered from the pit. Stratigraphically, it was sealed by material (012AD00083), which contained a single Anglian sherd, and it was later believed to cut the ditch to the west (012AC00135), which, although it may have been Roman in origin, was filled during the Anglian period.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

        012AC00083    
             
    012AC00140        
             
    012AC00141        
             
             
    012AC00135   012AC00095    

Discussion

This was a slightly elongated sub-rectangular pit, one of a number found in the turf-filled depression. It contained a single fill, a sandy clay loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/3), with <5% chalk inclusions (up to 4cm in diameter). Charcoal flecks were noted. An articulated cattle pelvis was found, as well as part of the pevis of a horse. The only object recovered was an unidentified iron fragment.

The pit was cut into layer 012AD00095, with a U-shaped profile. This indicates that the pit was cut when the depression had partially filled, but was backfilled before the turf material had formed on the surface.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AC00141 012AC00140   1 10  

012AC00141 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00140 Cattle
5
  Goat    1
  Horse    1
  Sheep
1
  Sheep/Goat
2

Context Details

012AC00141 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00140 PIT FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR 160 50  30  U-SHAPED PIT CONTAINING ARTICULATED. PELVIS FREQUENT ANIMAL BONE CHALK FRAGMENTS <4CM CHARCOAL FRAGMENTS. DEFINED TO SECTION (50CM). FULL EXTENT UNKNOWN
012AC00141 PIT CUT SUB-RECTANGULAR 160  50 30  U-SHAPED PIT CONTAINING ARTICULATED. PELVIS MUCH ANIMAL BONE. FULL EXTENT UNKNOWN (50CM TO SECTION)

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AC00141 AA IRON OBJECT  
1

Animal Bones

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AC00140 Cattle Tibia C 0 0 0 0
012AC00140 Cattle Sacrum 0 0 0 0
012AC00140 Cattle Pelvis 0 0 0 0
012AC00140 Cattle Femur P 0 0 0 0
012AC00140 Cattle Calcaneum 0 0 0 0
012AC00140 Goat Calcaneum 0 0 0 0
012AC00140 Horse Pelvis 0 0 1 0
012AC00140 Sheep Calcaneum 0 0 0 0
012AC00140 Sheep/Goat Axis 0 0 0 0
012AC00140 Sheep/Goat Axis 0 0 0 0