012AD05774

Slot


 
Slot Details
Length  1778 Maximum Width 62 Maximum Depth 26 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 23 Number of Animal Bones 17
Environmental       

Phasing

All twenty-three objects recovered were late Roman or Romano-British pot sherds. The slot cut a post hole (012AD05832) which also contained exclusively (4) Romano-British pot sherds.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

  012AD05833    012AD05605    012AD05773   
    =    =     
  012AD05834    012AD05606    012AD05774   
             
  012AD05831           
             
  012AD05832           
             

Discussion

This slot was at first believed to be structural (possibly a drip gully for a post hole building) although this interpretation was later discarded. It has an inverted L-shape, with a small gap in the south-east corner. Although excavated under three separate context numbers, this feature was filled with a uniform sandy clay loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/3) with 15-20% chalk inclusions. Charcoal and daub flecking was noted throughout.The majority of animal bones recovered were sheep goat (47%), followed by cattle (35%). Two domestic fowl bones and a single horse bone were also found.

The slot was cut into hillwash, with a V-shaped profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD05606 012AD05605   8 6  
012AD05774 012AD05773   8 9  
012AD05834 012AD05833   7 2  

012AD05605 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05605 POTTERY 2-4C
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
5
  POTTERY L1-2?
2

012AD05773 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05773 POTTERY 3-4C
7
  POTTERY 4C
1

012AD05833 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05833 POTTERY 2-4C
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
6

012AD05605 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05605 Cattle
2
  Goat
1
  Horse
1
  Sheep/Goat
2

012AD05773 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05773 Cattle
3
  Domestic fowl
1
  Domestic goose
1
  Sheep
2
  Sheep/Goat
2

Context Details

012AD05606 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05605 SLOT FILL LINEAR SEG.
126
62
25
 V-SHAPED FILL OF SLOT. 15% CHALK WITH CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. AND OCCASIONAL DAUB. CONTAINED POT BONE AND FLINT.
012AD05606 SLOT CUT LINEAR SEG.
126
62
25
 V-SHAPED CUT OF SLOT. REGULAR STEEP SIDED V POSS. FORMING DRIP GULLY FOR POST HOLE BUILDING.

012AD05774 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05773 SLOT FILL LINEAR SEG.
290
60
18
 V-SHAPED FILL OF SLOT. 15% CHALK WITH DAUB AND CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. CONTAINED POT/BONE/SANDSTONE AND PART OF BONE COMB.
012AD05774 SLOT CUT LINEAR SEG.
290
60
18
 V-SHAPED CUT OF SLOT. RELATIVELY EVEN CUT WITH STEEPLY SLOPING SIDES. TERMINATES BEFORE POST HOLE 5775/6.

012AD05834 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05833 SLOT FILL LINEAR SEG.
150
60
26
 V-SHAPED FILL OF SLOT. 20% CHALK WITH CHARCOAL AND DAUB INCLUSIONS. CONTAINING BONE AND POT. CONTAINED LUMPS OF CHALK AT TERMINAL 16CM DIAMETER - P/PACKING?.
012AD05834 SLOT CUT LINEAR SEG.
150
60
26
 V-SHAPED CUT OF SLOT. WIDE V PROFILE IN SMALL SEGMENT INCLUDING TERMINAL.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05605 AA 2-4C POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AD05605 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05605 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AD05605 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05605 AE L1-2? POTTERY SHERD BEV?  
1
012AD05605 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05605 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05605 AH L1-2? POTTERY SHERD BEV?  
1
012AD05773 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05773 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05773 AC 4C POTTERY SHERDS   GREY WARE
1
012AD05773 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05773 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERDS   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05773 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05773 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05773 AH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05833 AA 2-4C POTTERY SHERD BD  
1
012AD05833 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05833 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05833 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05833 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05833 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05833 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05605 Cattle Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05605 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05605 Goat Horncore 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05605 Horse Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05605 Sheep/Goat Axis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05605 Sheep/Goat M/C C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05773 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05773 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05773 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05773 Domestic fowl Tarsom/t 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05773 Domestic goose Radius P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05773 Sheep Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05773 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05773 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 0 1 0
012AD05773 Sheep/Goat Humerus br 1 1 0 0 1
012AD05833 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05833 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 1