012AD08104

Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  1378 Maximum Width 106 Maximum Depth 30 Profile V-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 29 Number of Animal Bones 10
Environmental       

Phasing

Click here to go to a separate Master matrix page, which shows the relationships of the ditches and pits in the immediate area. Even though the ditch was known to be the latest event in the immediate area, the majority of the finds were of a later Roman date, with only one Anglian potsherd recovered. This case in particular highlights the difficulty in the phasing of these ditch sequences, with what is stratigraphically a later Anglian or Middle-Saxon feature containing predominantly Roman material.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

  012AD05083 =  012AD08013              
                     
  012AD05084 = 012AD08014              
                     
                     
   012AD08341         012AD08016   012AD08467   012AD08507
                     
        012AD08358            
                     

Discussion

The latest event in the immediate area, this curvilinear ditch was seen in plan to cut all of the other features. This was obvious beacause it contained a slightly darker (Munsell 10YR 4/2) sandy loam than the more usual 10YR 4/3 of the other features. It did not contain the characteristic red daub deposit which appears to indicate the latest event on the settlement site. All of the finds were from the the eastern half, although this can be explained by the level of plough truncation on the chalk to the west.

The ditch was cut into chalk natural in the west and into sand and gravel in the east. It had a round-based V profile in the east, changing to a wide-U in the west

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD05084 012AD05083   0 0   
012AD08014 012AD08013   29 10  

012AD08013 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD08013 POTTERY 2-4C
5
  POTTERY 3-4C
17
  POTTERY 4C
3
  POTTERY ANGLIAN
1
  POTTERY L2-3
1
  STONE  
1

012AD08013 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD08013 Cat
1
  Cattle
3
  Pig
1
  Sheep
1
  Sheep/Goat
3
  Small Mammal (Other)
1

Context Details

012AD05084 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05083 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
125
106
30
 WIDE U FILL OF DITCH RUNNING E-W. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. 20-25% CHALK INCLUSIONS. SLIGHT CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS.
012AD05084 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR SEG.
125
106
30
 WIDE U CUT OF DITCH RUNNING E-W. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. ROUGH FLAT-BASED CUT.

012AD08014 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD08013 DITCH FILL CURVILINEAR
1180
74
25
 V-SHAPED CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY. CURVILINEAR DITCH FROM N/S TO E/W BACK TO N/S.
012AD08014 DITCH CUT CURVILINEAR
1180
74
25
 V-SHAPED CUT INTO CHALK NATURAL AND SAND AND GRAVEL. PROVEN BY EXCAVATION TO BE THE LATEST EVENT IN THIS PART OF THE SITE (WESTERN SOUTHERN EDGE OF 12AD).

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD08013 AA 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AB 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUNV ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AC 2-4C POTTERY SHERD J  
1
012AD08013 AD ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN III
1
012AD08013 AE   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD08013 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AH 2-4C POTTERY SHERD JB  
1
012AD08013 AI   STONE STONE   RED CHALK
5
012AD08013 AJ 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AK 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AL 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AM 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AN 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AO 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AP 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AQ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AR 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AS 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AT 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AU 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AV 3-4C POTTERY SHERD BNAP ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08013 AW 2-4C POTTERY SHERD J  
1
012AD08013 AX 2-4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD  
1
012AD08013 AY 3-4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD  
1
012AD08013 AZ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD  
1
012AD08013 BA 2-4C POTTERY SHERD M CRAMBECK
1
012AD08013 BB L2-3 POTTERY SHERD MHK CRAMBECK
1
012AD08013 BD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD08013 Cat Humerus D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08013 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 1 0
012AD08013 Cattle Calcaneum 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08013 Cattle M/C br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08013 Pig M/C C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08013 Sheep M/C br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08013 Sheep/Goat Pelvis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08013 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08013 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08013 Small Mammal (Other) Other 1 0 0 0 0