012AD06058

Compacted Pebble Surface

Phasing

Although the remaining surface itself was not excavated (merely cleaned for recording), the material sealing the surface contained 12 Roman sherds. Also found was a fragment of Niedermendig lava.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

  012AD07220    012AD06060    012AD07225
         
    012AD06058    

Discussion

A number of pebble surfaces were encountered during the excavation season in1995, generally cut by enclosure ditches (and thus only visible in the sides of the ditch), although some, like this one, were partly intact. This surface was cut by ditches 012AD07225 and 012AD06060 in the north and 012AD07220 in the east. In all but one case (012AD01005), the surfaces appear to be Roman in date, as the material sealing them tends to contain relatively large numbers of exclusively Roman sherds. This material is a hillwash, a sandy clay loam (Munsell colour 10YR 4/3).

The surfaces were not deliberately created, rather they formed by compaction due to constant use. Although they were only found sporadically, the pattern indicates that the path was from the spring area in the south up the dry valley side towards the late Roman structure (012AF07215) in the south.

012AD06058 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD06058 DAUB  
2
  IRON  
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
8
  POTTERY 4C
4
  SHELL  
2
  STONE  
3
  UTILISED STONE ANGLIAN
1

012AD06058 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD06058 Cattle
10
  Pig
3
  Sheep
3
  Sheep/Goat
3

Context Details

012AD06058 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD06058 PEBBLE SURFACE RECTANGULAR
600
660
4
 U-SHAPED PEBBLE SURFACE CONSISTING OF WORN CHALK PEBBLES UP TO 10CM. ALSO CUT BY POST HOLE 6208.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD06058 AS   DAUB BURNT DAUB    
3
012AD06058 AT   DAUB BURNT DAUB    
1
012AD06058 AN   FLINT FLINT FRAGMENT    
1
012AD06058 AO   IRON IRON OBJECT    
1
012AD06058 AA 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AC 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AI 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AJ 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AK 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AU 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUNH ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AV 3-4C POTTERY SHERD BD? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD06058 AP   SHELL SHELL   LIMPET
1
012AD06058 AQ   SHELL SHELLS   OYSTER
2
012AD06058 AD   STONE STONE    
1
012AD06058 AL   STONE STONE   RED SANDSTONE
1
012AD06058 AM   STONE STONE   RED CHALK
1
012AD06058 AR ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
9

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD06058 Cattle Calcaneum 1 1 0 0 0
012AD06058 Cattle M/C D 1 1 0 0 1
012AD06058 Cattle M/C P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06058 Cattle M/T C 1 0 0 1 0
012AD06058 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Cattle N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06058 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Pig Femur br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Pig M/podial 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Pig Skull fr 1 0 0 1 0
012AD06058 Sheep Horncore 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06058 Sheep Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Sheep M/T C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Sheep/Goat Ld4 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06058 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 0