012AD05790

Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  847 Maximum Width 103 Maximum Depth 30 Profile V-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 4 Number of Animal Bones 26
Environmental       

Phasing

The only material culture recovered were 2 Roman grey ware sherds and 2 Romano-British sherds. This feature was cut by ditch 012AD05778.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

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

Discussion

This was one of three ditches with the same ENE-WSW orientation (with 012AD05778 and 012AD09129). The north-south alignred ditch 012AD09064 apparently butted onto this feature, which in turn appeared to terminate in the west on slot 012AD05774. The western fill (012AD05789) was a darker (Munsell 10YR 3/2) sandy clay loam, with 15-20% chalk inclusions. Much charcoal with occasional daub flecking was noted in this segment. The eastern segment (012AD09040) was a lighter (10YR 4/3-10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam, with 10% chalk inclusions. No daub or charcoal flecking was noted in this segment. The majority (50%) of the animal bones recovered were cattle, with sheep/goat accounting for a further 38%). Also present were a single horse bone and 2 pig bones.

The ditch was cut into chalk and a pocket of clay, with a wide-V profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD05790 012AD05789   4 26  
012AD09041 012AD09040 0 0

012AD05789 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05789 Cattle
13
  Horse
1
  Pig
2
  Sheep
5
  Sheep/Goat
5

Context Details

012AD05790 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05789 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
300
103
30
 WIDE V FILL OF DITCH. 15-20% CHALK WITH CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS AND OCCASIONAL DAUB. CONTAINED POT AND BONE. CHALK INCLUSIONS INCLUDED LARGE LUMPS UP TO 20CM.
012AD05790 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR SEG.
300
103
30
 WIDE V CUT OF DITCH. CUT BY 5777/8 WHICH JOINS THIS FEATURE.

012AD09041 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD09040 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
325
61
25
 WIDE V CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND ONE POTTERY SHERD. FULL LENGTH IN CUT RECORD.
012AD09041 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR SEG.
300
61
25
 WIDE V CUT INTO CHALK AND NATURAL CLAY. LINEAR WITH U SHAPED PROFILE. CUT BY DITCH 5777/5778 AND POST HOLE 9042/9043.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05789 AA 2-4C POTTERY SHERD BD GREY WARE
1
012AD05789 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JN10? GREY WARE
1
012AD05789 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05789 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05789 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05789 Cattle Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Cattle Horncore 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Cattle M/C P 2 0 0 0 2
012AD05789 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05789 Cattle N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05789 Cattle Occiput 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05789 Cattle Radius P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05789 Cattle Skull fr 2 0 0 0 2
012AD05789 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Cattle Tibia P 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05789 Horse M/T P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05789 Pig Humerus br 1 1 0 0 1
012AD05789 Pig Humerus P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Sheep Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Sheep Horncore 1 0 0 1 0
012AD05789 Sheep M/T D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Sheep M/T P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05789 Sheep Tibia D 1 1 0 0 1
012AD05789 Sheep/Goat Atlas 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Sheep/Goat Radius D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05789 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1 1 0 0 1