012AD00013 and 012AD00052

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  2595 Maximum Width 82 Maximum Depth 26 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 7 Number of Animal Bones 4
Environmental       

Phasing

Both segments of the ditch contained only Roman pottery (2 sherds from the northern segment and 3 sherds from the southern segment). The ditch was cut by both ditches 012AD00293 and 012AD00288.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

    012AD00334     
         
    012AD00335     
         
  012AD00292    012AD00287   
         
  012AD00293    012AD00288   
         
         
  012AD00051  =  012AD00012   
         
  012AD00052    012AD00013   
         

Discussion

Initially, these two ditch segments were believed to be different features, this interpretation based primarily of the different morphologies of these ditches, with segment 012AD00013 being narrow and straight, and segment 012AD00052 being much wider and slightly curvilinear. However, after rainfall and subsequent differential drying, it became apparent that the two were a single ditch. The northern part of the ditch had suffered more plough truncation than the southern third.

In the north, the ditch was filled with a light (Munsell 10YR 4/4) sandy loam, with no daub or charcoal flecking. The southern segment was filled with a slightly darker (Munsell 10YR 4/3) sandy loam, which contained slight charcoal but no daub flecking. All the diagnostic pottery recovered was Roman in date. Only four animal bones were recovered (1 horse and 3 cattle bones).

The ditch was cut into chalk, and had a flat based U profile in the north, and a flat based V profile in the south. A number of sections show evidence for a step in the eastern side, which may be evidence for a recut.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD00013 012AD00012   4 1  
012AD00052 012AD00051   3 3  

Context Details

012AD0013 Sections and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00012 SLOT FILL LINEAR
140
57
15
 FLAT BASED U CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING. GOOD VISIBILITY AFTER RAIN APPEARED TO INDICATE THAT THIS = SLOT 51/52. FULL LENGTH 25.95 METRES.
012AD00013 SLOT CUT LINEAR
140
57
15
 FLAT BASED U CUT INTO WHITE CHALK NATURAL. . FULL LENGTH 29.51 METRES. EXCEPTIONALLY REGULAR SIDES AND BASE.

012AD0052 Sections and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00051 SLOT FILL LINEAR
113
82
26
 V-SHAPED CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE. GOOD VISIBILITY AFTER RAIN CONFIRMED THIS = SLOT 51/52. FULL LENGTH 29.51 METRES. NO DAUB ALTHOUGH CHARCOAL FLECKS WERE EVIDENT
012AD00052 SLOT CUT LINEAR
113
82
26
 V-SHAPED CUT INTO WHITE CHALK NATURAL. GOOD VISIBILITY AFTER RAIN CONFIRMED THIS = SLOT 51/52. FULL LENGTH 29.51 METRES. IRREGULAR SIDES AND BASE.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD00012 AA
 
 STONE STONE
 
 
1
012AD00012 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERDS
 
 ROMANO-BRITISH
2
012AD00012 AC
 
 STONE STONE
 
 COAL
1
012AD00012 AD 3C? POTTERY SHERD B333V
 
1
012AD00051 AA 2-4C POTTERY SHERD
 
 
1
012AD00051 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD
 
 ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00051 AC 3C? POTTERY SHERD JBK
 
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00012 Horse Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00051 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00051 Cattle M/C br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00051 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0