012AD05786

Slot

Phasing

This is one of a number of features which have the same alignment Click here to see a colour coded plan of the different alignments of features, following the line of the dry valley in a NNW-SSE orientation. These features are all either short slots, ditch segments, or lines of posts, with this being one of the short slots (grouped together as master number 012AD07233). Although 21 late Roman sherds were recovered from this feature, the find of a single Anglian sherd makes this one of only two slots (the other being 012AD05662) to contain Anglian material. The material culture thus points to a Later Roman/Early Anglian date for this feature. The significance of these features is not yet fully understood, although the longer features appear to relate to a form of spatial control of access to the southern part of the dry valley.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

    012AD07079      
           
  012AD05785      012AD05735   
           
  012AD05786      012AD05736   
           
  012AD08792        

Discussion

The single fill was a silty clay loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/3) with 10% chalk inclusions. Occasional daub and charcoal flecking was noted. Quite a high density of animal bones were recovered, with similar numbers of cattle, sheep/goat and pig.

The slot was cut into hillwash with a wide-V profile.  It cut through a small patch of pebble surface (012AD08792) and was cut by post hole 012AD05823 (part of master 012AD07079)

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD05786 012AD05785   22 14  

012AD05785 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05785 POTTERY 3-4C
17
  POTTERY 4C
4
  POTTERY ANGLIAN
1

012AD05785 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05785 Cattle
5
  Pig
4
  Sheep
4
  Sheep/Goat
1

Context Details

012AD05786 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05785 SLOT FILL LINEAR SEG.
230
85
15
 WIDE V FILL OF SLOT. 10% CHALK WITH OCCASIONAL DAUB AND CHARCOAL. CONTAINED BONE AND POT. CUT BY POST HOLE 5823/4.
012AD05786 SLOT CUT LINEAR SEG.
230
85
15
 WIDE V CUT OF SLOT. DEEPER ON EAST SIDE. CUT BY POST HOLE 5823/4. RELATIONSHIP WITH 5821 NOT KNOWN. CUTS THROUGH PEBBLE SURFACE 5792.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05785 AA ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN II
1
012AD05785 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AD 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AI 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AJ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AK 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AL 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AM 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AN 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AO 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JL ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AP 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AQ 4C POTTERY SHERD BFB  
1
012AD05785 AR 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AS 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AT 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AU 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05785 AV 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05785 Cattle Femur br 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05785 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Pig Femur D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Pig M/T C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Pig M/T P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05785 Pig U Canine 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Sheep Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Sheep Occiput 2 0 0 1 0
012AD05785 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Sheep Radius C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05785 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 1 1 0 1 0 0