012AD00017

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  1980 Maximum Width 67 Maximum Depth 17 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 11 Number of Animal Bones 34
Environmental       

Phasing

The ditch was assigned a Middle Saxon phase, based on its typology and stratigraphic relationships. Problems with this are that the only diagnostic material culture were a late Roman sherd and a sherd of Medieval green glazed ware. An iron knife was also found, although it could be either Roman or Anglian in date.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

    012AD00571   012AD00343        
                 
    012AD00289    012AD00016    012AD00459    
      =           
    012AD00290    012AD00017    012AD00460    
                 
                 
        012AD07227        

Discussion

The fill of the ditch was a sandy loam, with 5% chalk inclusions, which varied in colour from 10YR 4/3 in the south to 10YR 4/2 in the north. The northern ditch segments also contained daub and charcoal flecking, and almost all of the finds were from these segments. However, this difference can be explained by the level of plough truncation in the south, where only between 4 and 7cm of the ditch remained. The finds reflect this disturbance, with date ranges from the Roman period to a sherd of Medieval green glaze. The animal bone species totals area similar to the majority from the southern part of area 12AD, with cattle accounting for 50 %, sheep/goat for 38%, and pig for only 6% of the total.

The ditch was cut into chalk and had a U-profile (where this could be determined). Although treated as a separate entity, pit 012AD00571 is located at the northern terminus of the ditch, and may have been associated with the ditch. This phenomenon also occurs in the ditch immediately to the west (012AD00520) with pit 012AD00432, although in this case the pit is located at the southern terminus.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

TYPE CUT FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
  012AD0017 012AD00016   0 1  
  012AD0290 012AD0289   11 33  
POST HOLE 012AD0460 012AD0459   0 0  

012AD00289 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD00289 CHARCOAL  
3
DAUB  
3
IRON  
1
IRON ROMAN/ANGLIAN
1
POTTERY 3-4C
1
POTTERY MEDIEVAL
1
STONE  
1

012AD00289 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD00289 Cattle
16
Domestic goose
2
Pig
2
Sheep
5
Sheep/Goat
8

Context Details

012AD00017 Sections and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00016 DITCH FILL CURVILINEAR
135
51
4
 FLAT TRUE LENGTH 1980 CM VISIBLE. SEVERELY PLOUGH TRUNCATED IN THIS EXCAVATED SEGMENT. AN BONE IN EXCAVATED SEGMENT ALTHOUGH NIEDERMENDIG LAVA IS VISIBLE IN UNEXCAVATED PART..
012AD00017 DITCH CUT CURVILINEAR
135
51
4
 FLAT TRUE LENGTH 19480 CM VISIBLE. CURVILINEAR SLOT WHICH APPEARS TO CUT SLOT 31/32. CUT INTO WHITE CHALK NATURAL. SEVERELY PLOUGH TRUNCATED IN THIS SEGMENT

012AD00290 Sections and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00289 DITCH FILL CURVILINEAR
995
67
17
 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL. IRON KNIFE BONE AND DAUB FOUND. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING.5% CHALK INCLUSION < 5CMS. =16/17 TOTAL DITCH LENGTH 21. 45 METRES. ENCLOSURE D
012AD00290 DITCH CUT CURVILINEAR
995
67
17
 U-SHAPED DITCH CUT. CUT INTO SOLID CHALK BEDROCK. CUT 31/32. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. ONE OF SEVERAL ENCLOSURE DITCHES CURVING OFF THE CHALK NORTHWARDS.

012AD00460 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00459 POST HOLE FILL OVATE
75
62
24
 U-SHAPED FILL OF POSTHOLE. NO FINDS. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING. 10% CHALK INCLUSIONS.
012AD00460 POST HOLE CUT OVATE
75
62
24
 U-SHAPED CUT OF POSTHOLE. CUT INTO CHALK. CUT INTO SLOT16/17 AT ITS TERMINATION. PLOUGH TRUNCATED.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD00289 AA   IRON IRON NAIL/PIN    
1
012AD00289 AB ROMAN/ANGLIAN IRON IRON KNIFE    
1
012AD00289 AC MEDIEVAL POTTERY SHERD GREEN GLAZED  
1
012AD00289 AD   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD00289 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD BLS  
1
012AD00289 AF   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD00289 AG   STONE STONE    
5
012AD00289 AH   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD00289 AI   DAUB DAUB    
1
012AD00289 AJ   DAUB DAUB    
1
012AD00289 AK   DAUB DAUB    
3

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00016 Cattle Femur br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Horncore 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle M/T C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle M/T D 1 0 1 1 0
012AD00289 Cattle Mandible 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00289 Cattle Occiput 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00289 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Radius D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Tibia P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Cattle Ulna 1 1 0 1 0
012AD00289 Domestic goose Humerus P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Domestic goose Tarsom/t 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Pig Pelvis fr 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00289 Pig Tibia D 1 1 0 0 1
012AD00289 Sheep M/T br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00289 Sheep M/T C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Sheep Radius D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00289 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Sheep/Goat Axis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Sheep/Goat N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Sheep/Goat Pelvis 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00289 Sheep/Goat Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00289 Sheep/Goat Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00289 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 1