012AD00005

Ditch


 
 
Ditch Details
Length  1147 Maximum Width 37 Maximum Depth 11 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 0 Number of Animal Bones 8
Environmental       

Phasing

Although containing no diagnostic material culture, this ditch has been phased to the Anglian period, based on its association with 012AD00007.

Discussion

All of the features in the immediate area were severely plough truncated, situated as they are on a chalky knoll. It is probable that this feature, along with parallel ditches 012AD00007, 012AD00039 and 012AD00041, are just the remnant bases of a number of recuts of an enclosure ditch which only survives in this short segment.

The fill was a sandy loam (Munsell 10YR 4/3), with a 5% chalk inclusion rate. There was no daub or charcoal flecking present. The only finds were eight animal bones, notably part of a cattle skull and a cat humerus. The ditch was cut into white chalk, with a regular U-profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD00005 012AD00004   0 2  
012AD00037 012AD00036   0 6  

Context Details

012AD00005 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00004 DITCH FILL LINEAR
863
37
11
 U-SHAPED UNLIKE PARALLEL DITCH 6/7 CONTAINS ONLY LOW ANIMAL BONE CONCENTRATION. CURVES AROUND TO THE NORTH TO BECOME DITCH 36/37. 1 OF 4 PARALLEL DITCHS.
012AD00005 DITCH CUT LINEAR
863
37
11
 U-SHAPED CUT INTO PINK CHALK A T THIS POINT AND INTO WHITE CHALK BEDROCK WHEN CURVES AROUND TO THE NORTH TO BECOME DITCH 36/37. 1 OF 4 PARALLEL DITCHS.

012AD00037 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00036 DITCH FILL LINEAR
184
37
11
 U-SHAPED SEVERELY PLOUGH TRUNCATED DITCH. 1 OF 4 PARALLEL SLOTS IN THIS AREA. CONTAINED HIGH LEVEL OF ANIMAL BONE.
012AD00037 DITCH CUT LINEAR
184
37
11
 U-SHAPED SEVERELY PLOUGH TRUNCATED DITCH. 1 OF 4 PARALLEL SLOTS IN THIS AREA. CUT INTO WHITE CHALK NATURAL.

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00004 Cat Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00004 Sheep/Goat Humerus D 1 0 0 2 0
012AD00036 Cattle Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00036 Cattle Occiput 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00036 Cattle Radius D 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00036 Cattle Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00036 Pig LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00036 Sheep Mandible 1 0 0 0 1