012AD00532

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  636 Maximum Width 110 Maximum Depth 20  Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 32 Number of Animal Bones 3
Environmental       

Phasing

The ditch has been phased to the Anglian period by the find of a fragment of Niedermendig lava, as well as cutting ditch 012AD00489. Against this interpretation, exclusively late Roman pottery was recovered from this feature (31 sherds).

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

        012AD00530     
             
    012AD00623  =  012AD00531    
             
    012AD00624  =  012AD00532    
             
        012AD00489     

Discussion

This is a wide, though short segment of ditch on the same alignment (and cut by) enclosure 012AD00530. It was initially believed to turn to the west (as 012AD00721), but this was stratigraphically demonstrated to be impossible, as 012AD00721 cut through enclosure 012AD00530.

The fill was a sandy loam (Munsell colour 10YR 4/2) with between 5-10% chalk inclusions. No daub or charcoal flecking was noted. Almost all of the material culture was recovered from segment 012AD00623 (that is the north-eastern half).

The ditch was cut into hillwash in the north-west and into chalk in the south-east, with a wide-U profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD00532 012AD00531   2 0   
012AD00624 012AD00623   30 3  

012AD00623 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD00623 POTTERY 2-4C
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
28
  UTILISED STONE ANGLIAN
1

Context Details

012AD00532 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00531 DITCH FILL LINEAR
236
111
20
  U-SHAPED ONE OF 2 DITCHS NEXT TO EACH OTHER. VERY FEW FINDS.
012AD00532 DITCH CUT LINEAR
236
111
20
  U-SHAPED ONE OF 2 DITCHS CUT INTO CHALK NEXT TO EACH OTHER. QUITE WIDE AT THIS POINT.

012AD00624 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00623 DITCH FILL LINEAR
470
44
19
 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL. A LOT OF POTTERY FOUND TOGETHER. ALSO BONE FOUND. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING. 10% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 5CMS.
012AD00624 DITCH CUT LINEAR 470 44 19 U-SHAPED DITCH CUT. CUT INTO HILLWASH WITH 30% CHALK INCLUSIONS. RUNS PARALLEL WITH 529/30 BUT NO RELATIONSHIP FOUND OR WITH 488/9.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD00531 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00531 AB 2-4C POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AD00623 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JB? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AI 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AJ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AK 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AL 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AM 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AN 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AO 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AP 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AQ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AR 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AS 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AT 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AU 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AV 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AW 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AX 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AY 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 AZ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 BA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00623 BB 2-4C POTTERY SHERD JBKEV  
1
012AD00623 BC ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
1
012AD00623 BD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00623 Pig Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00623 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00623 Sheep/Goat Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1