Shows location of spit 12AD5452 in relation to the rest of Site 12

012AD05452    Spit


 
Spit Details
Length 290 Width 240 Depth 5
Area  6.96 sq. m Volume
Material Culture Number of Objects 11 Number of Animal Bones 0

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

                 012AD00001                   
                                   
012AD05441   012AD05447   012AD05448   012AD05452   012AD05467   012AD05468   012AD05477   012AD05480   012AD05485  
                                   

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Discussion

This was a small, rectangular spit, excavated to define features on the chalk on the western dry valley edge. The material removed was a sandy clay loam (Munsell colour 10YR 4/3). It did define the eastern terminal of slot 012AD05430, but the remainder proved to be a lens of hillwash sealing a gravelly chalk natural. All of the finds were of later Roman pot sherds.

012AD05452 Object Totals by Period and Material

 

Context Details

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05452 SPIT OVATE
290
240
5
 U-SHAPED SMALL SPIT TO DEFINE FEATURES ON SOUTHERN CHALK. TURNED OUT TO BE LENSE OF SOIL OVERLYING CHALK NATURAL.

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