| 012AD05407 | ||||||||
| 012AD05442 | ||||||||
| 012AD05421 | = | 012AD05422 | ||||||
| 012AD05440 | ||||||||
| 012AD05424 | ||||||||
The primary fill of the pit was 012AD05424, an ashy layer (30cm in depth) containing much charcoal and 5% chalk inclusions. Daub was also present. No representative Munsell colour was taken, as the colours varied from a black/grey through to a quite reddish tinge. The only finds from this layer were a fragment of limestone and a daub sample. Above this was the deep (56cm) fill 012AD05440, a silty loam containing much daub (Munsell colour generally 10YR 3/4) with around 7% chalk inclusions. Charcoal flecking was also noted. A single Romano-British pot sherd was recovered from this fill, together with 2 daub samples. Although divided into two contexts, 012AD05421 and 012AD05422 are both the same fill, as the section drawing clearly demonstrates. It was a sandy silty loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/3) with between 5-10% chalk inclusions. Daub and charcoal flecking was present, but not in the quantities found in the lower fills. The vast majority of finds were recovered from this fill, with a total of 77% of the objects and 91% of the animal bones. All but one of the Romano-British sherds and the Anglian pot sherd was found in this fill. The animal species represented were sheep/goat (41%), cattle (24%), pig (18%), horse (10%), as well as two domestic fowl bones and a single hare bone. Above this (in the extreme northern area only) was a small area (012AD05442) of compacted chalk and pea grit. No finds were recovered from this fill. The final event was 012AD05407, a sandy silty loam (Munsell 10YR 3/3) with at least 20% chalk inclusions. This inclusion rate is higher towards the bottom of the fill. Occasional daub and charcoal flecking was noted, although only a single animal bone was recovered.
The pit was cut into hillwash and chalk, with a deep, U-shaped profile. The base was shallowest in the south, before sloping down to a slightly deeper, flat base in the north.
| CUT | FILL | VOLUME | OBJECTS | AN BONE | DENSITY |
| 012AD05408 | 012AD05407 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 012AD05421 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 012AD05422 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 012AD05424 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 012AD05440 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 012AD05442 | 0 | 0 |
| KEY_ID | MATERIAL | PERIOD | No |
| 012AD05421 | POTTERY | 2-4C |
1
|
| POTTERY | 3-4C |
2
|
|
| POTTERY | 4C |
1
|
|
| POTTERY | ANGLIAN |
1
|
|
| STONE |
5
|
||
| WORKED STONE |
1
|
| KEY_ID | MATERIAL | PERIOD | No |
| 012AD05422 | IRON |
1
|
|
| POTTERY | 3-4C |
5
|
|
| SLAG |
1
|
||
| STONE |
3
|
||
| WORKED STONE |
2
|
| KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
| 012AD05421 | Cattle |
4
|
| Domestic fowl |
1
|
|
| Domestic goose |
1
|
|
| Hare spp. |
1
|
|
| Horse |
3
|
|
| Pig |
3
|
|
| Sheep |
2
|
|
| Sheep/Goat |
3
|
| KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
| 012AD05422 | Cattle |
8
|
| Horse |
2
|
|
| Pig |
6
|
|
| Sheep |
6
|
|
| Sheep/Goat |
9
|
| KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
| 012AD05407 | PIT FILL | SUB-CIRCULAR |
210
|
220
|
36
|
U-SHAPED | UPPER FILL OF PIT. GRAVELLY FILL WITH 20% CHALK. CHARCOAL AND DAUB INCLUSIONS. BONE LIFTED BY CONTEXT. |
| 012AD05408 | PIT CUT | SUB-CIRCULAR |
210
|
220
|
110
|
U-SHAPED | CUT OF PIT. DEEP U-SHAPED PROFILE CUT INTO CHALK AND HILLWASH MATERIAL. |
| 012AD05421 | PIT FILL | UNCLEAR |
120
|
80
|
40
|
U-SHAPED | LAYER IN PIT 5407/8. LESS STONY MORE SILTY LAYER BELOW 5407. -5% CHALK. DAUB AND CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. |
| 012AD05422 | PIT FILL | UNCLEAR |
100
|
45
|
40
|
U-SHAPED | LAYER IN PIT 5407/8. LESS STONY MORE SILTY MATRIX BELOW 5407 BUT LESS STICKY THAN 5421. -5% CHALK. DAUB AND CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. |
| 012AD05424 | PIT FILL | UNCLEAR |
160
|
50
|
30
|
UNDULATING | PRIMARY ASHY LAYER IN PIT 5407/8. CONTAINED MUCH CHARCOAL. 5% CHALK. DAUB INCLUSIONS. SEALS BOTTOM OF PIT. MUNSELL VARIES THROUGH FILL FROM BLACK/GREY TO RED |
| 012AD05440 | PIT FILL | UNCLEAR |
70
|
50
|
56
|
U-SHAPED | DAUBY LAYER IN PIT 5407/8. CONTAINED LARGE LUMPS OF DAUB AND IS SLIGHTLY REDDER THAN SURROUNDING MATRIX. CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. BONE LIFTED BY CONTEXT ONLY. |
| 012ad05442 | PIT FILL | AMORPHOUS | 160 | 65 | 20 | IRREGULAR | LAYER OF COMPACTED CHALK RUBBLE AT TOP OF NORTH SIDE OF PIT 5407/8. |