Ditch Details | |||||||
Length | 6094 | Maximum Width | 131 | Maximum Depth | 58 | Profile | V-shaped |
Material Culture | Number of Objects | 135 | Number of Animal Bones | 252 | |||
Environmental |
Niedermendig lava quern fragments were recovered from 3 of the excavated segments. Cattle bones were the most numerous species (38% of the total) recovered from the north-south sections of the ditch, with sheep/goat being most numerous (34% of the total) in the central east-west aligned section.
MASTER | CUT | FILL | VOLUME | OBJECTS | AN BONE | DENSITY |
012AD07217 | 012AD00839 | 012AD00772 | 39 | 42 | ||
SAMPLE | 012AD00951 | 0 | 40 | |||
012AD00871 | 012AD00870 | 4 | 6 | |||
SAMPLE | 012AD00902 | 0 | 13 | |||
SAMPLE | 012AD00922 | 0 | 2 | |||
012AD00962 | 012AD00961 | 11 | 1 | |||
SAMPLE | 012AD00947 | 0 | 18 | |||
012AD05088 | 012AD05087 | 0 | 0 | |||
012AD05102 | 012AD05101 | 17 | 6 | |||
012AD05258 | 012AD05257 | 0 | 0 | |||
012AD08024 | 012AD08023 | 11 | 15 | |||
012AD08053 | 012AD08052 | 18 | 39 | |||
012AD08063 | 012AD08062 | 33 | 69 |
KEY_ID | MATERIAL | PERIOD | No |
012AD00772 | CHARCOAL |
2
|
|
DAUB |
5
|
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IRON |
1
|
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POTTERY | 2-4C |
2
|
|
POTTERY | 3-4C |
9
|
|
POTTERY | 4C |
3
|
|
SLAG |
2
|
||
STONE |
11
|
||
UTILISED STONE | ANGLIAN |
3
|
|
WORKED STONE? |
1
|
KEY_ID | MATERIAL | PERIOD | No |
012AD00961 | POTTERY | 2-4C |
1
|
POTTERY | 3-4C |
6
|
|
POTTERY | 4C |
2
|
|
STONE |
1
|
||
UTILISED STONE | ANGLIAN |
1
|
KEY_ID | MATERIAL | PERIOD | No |
012AD05101 | CHARCOAL |
3
|
|
POTTERY | 2-4C |
3
|
|
POTTERY | 3-4C |
7
|
|
POTTERY | ANGLIAN |
3
|
|
POTTERY | ANGLIAN? |
1
|
KEY_ID | MATERIAL | PERIOD | No |
012AD08023 | CHARCOAL |
2
|
|
POTTERY | 3-4C |
5
|
|
SNAIL |
2
|
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STONE |
2
|
KEY_ID | MATERIAL | PERIOD | No |
012AD08052 | CHARCOAL |
1
|
|
GLASS |
1
|
||
POTTERY | 2-4C |
1
|
|
POTTERY | 3-4C |
7
|
|
STONE |
4
|
||
UNFIRED CLAY |
2
|
||
UTILISED STONE | ANGLIAN |
2
|
KEY_ID | MATERIAL | PERIOD | No |
012AD08062 | CHARCOAL |
2
|
|
DAUB |
1
|
||
POTTERY | 2-4C |
2
|
|
POTTERY | 3-4C |
22
|
|
POTTERY | 4C |
1
|
|
POTTERY | ANGLIAN? |
1
|
|
SLAG |
1
|
||
STONE |
3
|
||
UNFIRED CLAY |
1
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD00772 | Cat |
1
|
Cattle |
23
|
|
Domestic fowl |
1
|
|
Horse |
2
|
|
Pig |
1
|
|
Sheep |
5
|
|
Sheep/Goat |
9
|
|
Wild/domestic goose |
1
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD00902 | Cattle |
5
|
Fox |
1
|
|
Pig |
2
|
|
Sheep |
2
|
|
Sheep/Goat |
3
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD00951 | Cattle |
24
|
Domestic fowl |
1
|
|
Domestic goose |
1
|
|
Fox |
2
|
|
Horse |
1
|
|
Pig |
3
|
|
Sheep |
1
|
|
Sheep/Goat |
6
|
|
Wild/domestic goose |
1
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD00947 | Cattle | 7 |
Horse | 2 | |
Sheep | 5 | |
Sheep/Goat | 3 |
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD08023 | Cat |
3
|
Cattle |
5
|
|
Horse |
2
|
|
Sheep |
4
|
|
Sheep/Goat |
1
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD08052 | Cattle |
13
|
Dog |
1
|
|
Domestic fowl |
1
|
|
Domestic fowl/Pheasant |
1
|
|
Domestic goose |
1
|
|
Hare spp. |
2
|
|
Pig |
2
|
|
Sheep |
7
|
|
Sheep/Goat |
9
|
|
Wild/domestic goose |
2
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD08062 | Cattle |
21
|
Domestic fowl |
1
|
|
Domestic goose |
3
|
|
Horse |
6
|
|
Pig |
4
|
|
Sheep |
15
|
|
Sheep/Goat |
19
|
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD00772 | DITCH FILL | CURVILINEAR |
1390
|
131
|
39
|
U-SHAPED | DITCH FILL. BONE SLATE BRONZE WIRE LAVA FOUND. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING. < 5% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 7CMS. SOME BONE BULK SAMPLED UNDER 932 + 951. |
012AD00951 | BULK SAMPLE | BULK SAMPLE OF ANIMAL BONE FOR DITCH 772/839. | |||||
012AD00839 | DITCH CUT | CURVILINEAR |
1390
|
131
|
39
|
U-SHAPED | DITCH CUT. FILL 772. CUT INTO HILLWASH APART FROM END WHERE IT IS CUT INTO CHALK BEDROCK. = CUT 871. EXTENDS NS AND THEN TURNS W ACROSS AD. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD00870 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
790
|
63
|
34
|
U-SHAPED | DITCH FILL. BONE AND POTTERY FOUND. SOME BONE BULK SAMPLED UNDER 902 + 922. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING. LESS THAN 5% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 5CMS. |
012AD00902 | BULK SAMPLE | BULK SAMPLE OF ANIMAL BONE FOR DITCH 870/1. | |||||
012AD00922 | BULK SAMPLE | BULK SAMPLE OF ANIMAL BONE IN DITCH 870/1 N OF SECTION WHERE BONE WAS BULK SAMPLED UNDER 902. | |||||
012AD00871 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
790
|
63
|
34
|
U-SHAPED | DITCH CUT. CUT INTO HILLWASH OF 20% CHALK INCLUSIONS. BOWL PROFILE IN S MORE U SHAPED FURTHER N. SPLITS FROM 753/4 BUT RELATIONSHIP NOT SEEN HERE. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD00961 | DITCH FILL | CURVILINEAR |
920
|
43
|
50
|
U-SHAPED | DITCH FILL. A LITTLE CHARCOAL BUT NO DAUB FLECKING. 10% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 5CMS. ALL BONE FOUND BULK SAMPLED A 935 950 947. CUTS PEBBLE SURFACE 955. |
012AD00962 | DITCH CUT | CURVILINEAR |
920
|
43
|
50
|
U-SHAPED | DITCH CUT. CUT INTO HILLWASH OF 20% CHALK INCLUSIONS. CUTS PEBBLE SURFACE 955 954. CUT BY 935/6. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD05087 | DITCH FILL SEG | LINEAR SEG. |
108
|
104
|
20
|
WIDE V | FILL OF DITCH RUNNING NE-SW. 20% CHALK. SLIGHT CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. |
012AD05088 | DITCH CUT SEG | LINEAR SEG. |
108
|
104
|
20
|
WIDE V | CUT OF DITCH RUNNING NE-SW. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. UNEVEN CUT FURTHER CONFUSED BY SOLUTION HOLE ALONG EDGE. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD05101 | DITCH FILL SEG | LINEAR SEG. |
190
|
115
|
41
|
WIDE V | FILL OF DITCH. 10% CHALK. SLIGHT CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. RUNS E-W. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. |
012AD05102 | DITCH CUT SEG | LINEAR SEG. |
190
|
115
|
41
|
WIDE V | CUT OF DITCH. RUNS E-W. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. EVEN WIDE V CUT. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD05257 | DITCH FILL SEG | SEMI-CIRCULAR |
47
|
57
|
21
|
U-SHAPED | FILL OF DITCH TERMINUS. NO FINDS. 20% CHALK. NO VISIBLE INCLUSIONS. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. |
012AD05258 | DITCH CUT SEG | SEMI-CIRCULAR |
47
|
57
|
21
|
U-SHAPED | CUT OF DITCH TERMINUS. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. ROUGH CUT INTO FRAGMENTED CHALK NATURAL. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD08023 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
390
|
68
|
40
|
V-SHAPED | CONTAINED POTTERY AND ANIMAL BONE. SOME CHARCOAL FLECKING. CHALK INCLUSIONS 10% 0.5-1.5CM IN DIAMETER. MEASUREMENTS FOR DITCH SEGMENT ONLY. FULL SIZE IN CUT REC. |
012AD08024 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
1458
|
68
|
40
|
V-SHAPED | CUT INTO CHALK NATURAL AND SAND AND GRAVEL. EXCAVATION SHOWED THIS TO BE THE LATEST EVENT AT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE NORTHERN DITCH COMPLEX IN W 12AD |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD08052 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
221
|
102
|
40
|
U-SHAPED | CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND A FEW POTSHERDS. POSSIBLY = 8482 WHICH CUTS GRUB. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING. CHALK INCLUSIONS 10% 0.5-2.5CM IN DIAMETER. |
012AD08053 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
1458
|
102
|
40
|
U-SHAPED | CUT INTO SAND AND CHALK GRAVEL. U PROFILE THOUGH V PROFILE IN PLACES INDICATE COLLAPSE OF WEAK SAND AND GRAVEL SIDES. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD08062 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
840
|
88
|
58
|
V-SHAPED | CONTAINED POTTERY AND ANIMAL BONE. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING. CHALK INCLUSIONS 10% 0.5-1.5CM IN DIAMETER. |
012AD08063 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
1458
|
88
|
58
|
V-SHAPED | CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. |