012AD05778

Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  1064 Maximum Width 80 Maximum Depth 20 Profile V-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 9 Number of Animal Bones 21
Environmental       

Phasing

Of the nine objects recovered, six were late Roman or Romano-British pot sherds. The remaining objects (two copper alloy sheet fragments and an iron pin) were unfortunately undiagnostic. The ditch cut through ditches 012AD05790 and 012AD09129.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

            012AD05777         
                     
            012AD05778         
                     
                     
                012AD09127     
                     
    012AD09040  =  012AD05789        012AD09128     
                     
    012AD09041  =  012AD05790        012AD09129     
                     

Discussion

This was the latest of three ditches with the same ENE-WSW orientation (with 012AD05790 and 012AD09129). It was filled with a sandy clay loam (Munsell 10YR 4/3) with 10% chalk inclusions. Both daub and charcoal flecks were noted. Of the animal bones recovered, the majority were sheep/goat (67%), followed by cattle (29%). A single cat bone was also present.

The ditch was cut into angular chalk natural, with a wide-V profile. The ditch appears to butt onto slot 012AD05774 in the west, as there was no evidence that it continued further to the west.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD05778 012AD05777   9 21  

012AD05777 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05777 COPPER ALLOY  
2
  IRON  
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
4
  POTTERY 4C
2

012AD05777 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05777 Cat
1
  Cattle
6
  Sheep
4
  Sheep/Goat
10

Context Details

012AD05778 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05777 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
250
80
20
 WIDE V FILL OF DITCH. 10% CHALK WITH DAUB AND CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. CONTAINED POT AND BONE.
012AD05778 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR SEG.
250
80
20
 WIDE V CUT OF DITCH. E-W DITCH THAT JOINS WITH 5789/90. RELATIONSHIP UNKNOWN. PROFILE APPEARS TO BE WIDE V BUT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05777 AA   IRON IRON PIN?    
1
012AD05777 AB   COPPER ALLOY C/A SHEET FRAG    
1
012AD05777 AC   COPPER ALLOY C/A SHEET FRAG    
1
012AD05777 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05777 AE 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05777 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05777 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05777 AH 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN HUNTCLIFF
1
012AD05777 AI 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05777 Cat Ulna 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05777 Cattle Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05777 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 1 0 0 1
012AD05777 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05777 Cattle Radius C 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05777 Cattle Skull fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05777 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05777 Sheep Femur P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05777 Sheep Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05777 Sheep Tibia D 2 2 0 0 2
012AD05777 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Atlas 1 0 0 1 0
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Atlas 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Femur br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 1 0
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05777 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1 0 0 0 1