012AD05086

Ditch


 
 
Ditch Details
Length  570 Maximum Width 127 Maximum Depth 37 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 21 Number of Animal Bones 26
Environmental       

Phasing

This ditch cut through the Late Roman feature (?pit/kiln 012AD05106), and was cut by ditch 012AD08341 in the south. Although 15 sherds of later Roman pottery were recovered, a single sherd of Anglian pot, together with a fired clay loomweight fragment, give an Anglian date for the filling of the ditch.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

                 012AD08341    
                     
      012AD05159          012AD05085     
                     
    012AD05341            012AD05086     
                     
    012AD05342                 
                     
        012AD05160             
                     
                     
        012AD05314             
                     
        012AD05335    =    012AD05103     
                     
                     
                012AD05143     
                     
            012AD05343  =  012AD05144     
                     
        012AD05336  =  012AD05344  =  012AD05106     
                     
                     

Discussion

Only a short segment of the ditch was excavated, as it headed in a north-west direction beyond the excavation area to the north. The fill was a dark (Munsell colour 10YR 3/3) sandy loam, with 10% chalk inclusions. Charcoal flecking occurred throughout, explaining the darker than usual colour. About an equal percentage of objects and animal bones was recovered, with sheep/goat accounting for most of the identifiable bone.

The ditch was cut into hillwash and natural sand, with a V-shaped profile (gentler in the east).

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD05086 012AD05085   21 26  

012AD05085 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05085 CHARCOAL  
1
  FIRED CLAY ANGLIAN
1
  IRON  
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
12
  POTTERY 4C
1
  POTTERY 4C?
1
  POTTERY ANGLIAN
1
  POTTERY M4?
1
  STONE  
2

012AD05085 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05085 Cattle
7
  Pig
2
  Sheep
9
  Sheep/Goat
8

Context Details

012AD05086 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05085 DITCH FILL  LINEAR 
570
127
37
 V-SHAPED FILL OF N-S DITCH THAT CUTS 5103 AND IS CUT BY 5339/40. 10% CHALK. CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS..
012AD05086 DITCH CUT  LINEAR 
570
127
37
 V-SHAPED CUT OF N-S DITCH THAT CUTS 5103 AND IS CUT BY 5339/40. APPEARS TO TERMINATE JUST TO SOUTH OF 5339/40.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05085 AA   IRON IRON OBJECT     1
012AD05085 AB 4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD   1
012AD05085 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JKNAPG ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AD M4? POTTERY SHERD D452 ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AF   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
012AD05085 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JCUR ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AI 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AJ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AK 3-4C POTTERY SHERD OPEN ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AL 3-4C POTTERY SHERD OPEN ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AM 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AN ANGLIAN FIRED CLAY LOOMWEIGHT FRAG     1
012AD05085 AO 3-4C POTTERY SHERD BD ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AP 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AQ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AR   STONE PEBBLE     1
012AD05085 AS   STONE STONE     1
012AD05085 AT 4C? POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05085 AU ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN III? 1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05085 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Cattle Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Cattle Humerus P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Cattle Occiput 1 0 1 0 0
012AD05085 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05085 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05085 Cattle Ulna 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05085 Pig Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Pig Ulna 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep M/C C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep M/C P 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 1 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05085 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep/Goat Femur D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05085 Sheep/Goat Femur D 1 0 1 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep/Goat Pelvis 1 0 0 1 0
012AD05085 Sheep/Goat Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05085 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05085 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1 0 0 0 0