West Heslerton: Anglian Settlement Structural Catalogue

012AD08467

Ditch

Ditch Details
Length	2469	Maximum Width	110	Maximum Depth	53	Profile	U-shaped
Material Culture	Number of Objects	117	Number of Animal Bones			48
Environmental

Phasing

C¹⁴ two dates from two different dog skeletons in 012AD08509. Dates were AD 255 to 405 and AD 340 to 430.

Click here to go to a separate Master matrix page, which shows the relationships of the ditches and pits in the immediate area. The majority of the finds were of a later Roman date (105 sherds), with one 2nd Century and two 3rd Century sherds. This ditch was notable in that the oldest coin found from the excavation was recovered from the southern east-west return. The coin was a gold stater of the Corieltauvi, dated AD 20-35). This was one of only 3 pre AD 200 coins recovered from the entire excavation, and the fact that one of the others ( a sestertius of Antoninus Pius AD 152-153) was found in a layer only 3.92 metres to the south, indicated that we were excavating an area containing an earlier phase in the life of the settlement. It is highly likely that the Iron Age coin was residual, although being gold it may have been curated.

Stratigraphically, the ditch was earlier than all of the other ditches in the immediate vicinity. Unfortunately, no relationship with the other early ditch in the area (012AD08358) could be established.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

		012AD07072		012AD08014	012AD00754


012AD08508	=	012AD08509	=	012AD08466

		012AD08530

		012AD08510		012AD08467

Discussion

The fill of the ditch was quite a uniform, lighter than average (Munsell colour 10YR 4/4) sandy loam, with 15-20% angular chalk gravel inclusions. A relatively high number of objects in relation to animal bones were recovered, apart from the fill in segment 012AD08509, which contained roughly equal numbers, and included the Iron Age coin.

Generally the ditch had a U-shaped profile, although towards the north this became a gentle flat-based V. It was cut into soft sand and gravel, with the primary fills invariably being redposited natural, the result of collapsed ditch sides. The sand may also account for the generally lighter fills found in this ditch, and explain why this feature did not show up well in the gradiometer plot. The ditch almost certainly continued both to the north and to the east.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT	FILL	VOLUME	OBJECTS	AN BONE	DENSITY
012AD08467	012AD08466		21	8
	012AD08508		25	3
012AD08510	012AD08509		45	37
	012AD08530		26	0

012AD08466 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID	MATERIAL	PERIOD	No
012AD08466	CHARCOAL		1
	POTTERY	2-4C	2
	POTTERY	3-4C	15
	POTTERY	4C	2
	POTTERY	4C?	1

012AD08508 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID	MATERIAL	PERIOD	No
012AD08508	POTTERY	2-4C	2
	POTTERY	2C	1
	POTTERY	3-4C	20
	POTTERY	3C	1
	STONE		1

012AD08509 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID	MATERIAL	PERIOD	No
012AD08509	CHARCOAL		4
	GOLD?	20/35	1
	POTTERY	2-4C	6
	POTTERY	3-4C	26
	POTTERY	4C	5
	POTTERY	4C?	2
	STONE		1

012AD08530 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID	MATERIAL	PERIOD	No
012AD08530	POTTERY	2-4C	3
	POTTERY	3-4C	17
	POTTERY	4C	2
	POTTERY	EM3	1
	SNAIL		1
	STONE		1
	UNFIRED CLAY		1

012AD08466 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
012AD08466	Cattle	5
	Pig	2
	Sheep/Goat	1

012AD08509 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
012AD08509	Cattle	5
	Dog	22
	Horse	1
	Pig	1
	Sheep	2
	Sheep/Goat	6

Context Details

012AD08467 Sections and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
012AD08466	DITCH FILL	LINEAR	1065	91	30	U-SHAPED	CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING. ALSO CONTAINED LARGE DUMP OF UNFIRED CLAY. FULL LENGTH IN CUT RECORD.
012AD08467	DITCH CUT	LINEAR	2200	91	30	U-SHAPED	CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. LINEAR WITH U SHAPED PROFILE. ABOVE DITCHES 8331 8358 AND 8363. ABOVE DITCH 8014.
012AD08508	DITCH FILL	LINEAR	335	104	36	U-SHAPED	CONTAINED POTTERY AND ANIMAL BONE. EQUAL TO 8509. IS CUT BY DITCH 8238/8139=8466/8467.

012AD08510 Sections and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
012AD08509	DITCH FILL	LINEAR	1020	110	34	U-SHAPED	CONTAINED COIN-CORITANIUM ORIGIN. ALSO CONTAINED POTTERY CHARCOAL AND SLIGHT DAUB FLECKING. ALSO A FEW ANIMAL BONES.
012AD08510	DITCH CUT	LINEAR	1020	110	53	U-SHAPED	CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. LINEAR WITH U SHAPED PROFILE TO N AND V SHAPED PROFILE TO S.
012AD08530	DITCH FILL	LINEAR	1020	82	19	U-SHAPED	PRIMARY FILL OF 8510. REDEPOSITED LOAMY SAND. CONTAINED SANDSTONE POTTERY AND FEW ANIMAL BONES. HIGHER % CHALK INCLUSIONS THAN 8509.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID	OB	PERIOD	MATERIAL	TYPE	SUB_TYPE	CLASS	No
012AD08466	AA	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AB		CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
012AD08466	AC	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AD	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AE	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AF	4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JBK	GREY WARE	1
012AD08466	AG	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AH	4C?	POTTERY	SHERD	CLSD?		1
012AD08466	AI	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JCUR?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AJ	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AK	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AL	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AM	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AN	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JK2	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AO	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	BCUR	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AP	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AQ	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AR	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	GREY WARE	1
012AD08466	AS	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD			1
012AD08466	AT	4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JHUN?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08466	AW	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	GREY WARE	1
012AD08508	AA	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AB	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AC	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AD	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AE	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AF	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AG	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JBL?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AH	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AI	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AJ	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AK	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AL	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	OPEN?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AM	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AN	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AO	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AP	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AQ	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JBL?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AR	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JBKCUR	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AS	3C	POTTERY	SHERD	A		1
012AD08508	AT	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J		1
012AD08508	AU	2C	POTTERY	SHERD	CU23?	SAMIAN	1
012AD08508	AV	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD			1
012AD08508	AW		STONE	STONE		RED SANDSTONE	1
012AD08508	AX	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08508	AY	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AA	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AB	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AC	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	L	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AD	4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JHUN	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AE	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AF	4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JHUN?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AG	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AH	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AI	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AJ	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AK	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AL	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AM	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AN	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AO	4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JHUNC	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AP	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AQ	4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JHUNV	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AR	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	L	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AS	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AT	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JB	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AU	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	AV	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J		1
012AD08509	AW	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD			1
012AD08509	AX	4C?	POTTERY	SHERD	J		1
012AD08509	AY	4C?	POTTERY	SHERD	J		1
012AD08509	AZ	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD			1
012AD08509	BA		CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
012AD08509	BB		CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
012AD08509	BC		CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
012AD08509	BD		CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
012AD08509	BE		STONE	PEBBLE		QUARTZITE	1
012AD08509	BF	20/35	GOLD?	COIN	STATER	CORIELTAUVI	1
012AD08509	BG	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	CLSD		1
012AD08509	BH	4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	GREY WARE	1
012AD08509	BI	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	OPEN?	GREY WARE	1
012AD08509	BJ	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	BK	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	BL	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	BM	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	GREY WARE	1
012AD08509	BN	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	BO	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JBL	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	BP	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	BQ	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	BR	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08509	BS	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JCUR?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AA	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AB	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AC	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AD	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AE	EM3	POTTERY	SHERD	BKBARB		1
012AD08530	AF	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AG	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AH	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	JCUR?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AI	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERDS		ROMANO-BRITISH	2
012AD08530	AJ	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	OPEN?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AK	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AL	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AM	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AN	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	B?	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AO	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AP	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AQ	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AR	4C	POTTERY	SHERD	L	ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AS	3-4C	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
012AD08530	AT	4C	POTTERY	SHERD	BD		1
012AD08530	AU	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J		1
012AD08530	AV	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J		1
012AD08530	AW	2-4C	POTTERY	SHERD	J		1
012AD08530	AX		SNAIL	SNAIL SAMPLE			1
012AD08530	AY		STONE	STONE		RED SANDSTONE	1
012AD08530	AZ		UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY			2

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID	SPECIES	ELEMENT	QUANT	CHEW	BURN	BUTCH	FBRK
012AD08037	Cat	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	1
012AD08037	Cattle	Pelvis fr	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08037	Pig	Humerus br	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08037	Pig	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08037	Pig	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
012AD08037	Pig	Tibia D	1	1	0	0	1
012AD08037	Sheep	M/T br	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08037	Sheep/Goat	M/C br	1	0	0	0	1
012AD08037	Sheep/Goat	Pelvis fr	1	0	0	1	0
012AD08037	Sheep/Goat	Radius P	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08466	Cattle	M/T P	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08466	Cattle	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08466	Cattle	Pelvis fr	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08466	Cattle	Pelvis fr	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08466	Cattle	Tibia C	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08466	Pig	LM3	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08466	Pig	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
012AD08466	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08508	Cattle	Radius P	1	1	0	0	0
012AD08508	Cattle	Scapula	1	1	0	0	0
012AD08508	Cattle	Ulna	1	1	0	0	0
012AD08509	Cattle	Calcaneum	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Cattle	Calcaneum	1	1	0	0	0
012AD08509	Cattle	M/C D	1	1	0	0	0
012AD08509	Cattle	Radius C	1	0	0	0	1
012AD08509	Cattle	Radius P	1	0	0	1	0
012AD08509	Dog	Astragalus	2	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Calcaneum	2	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Femur C	2	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Fibula	2	0	0	0	2
012AD08509	Dog	M/C C	3	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	M/podial	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	M/podial	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	M/T C	3	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	M/T C	2	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	M/T P	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	N.Cuboid	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Os penis	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Pelvis	2	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Phalanx 1	5	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Phalanx 2	2	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Radius br	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Radius C	1	0	0	0	1
012AD08509	Dog	Sacrum	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Scapula	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Tibia C	2	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Dog	Ulna	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Horse	Humerus br	1	1	0	0	0
012AD08509	Pig	Femur br	1	1	0	0	0
012AD08509	Sheep	Horncore	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Sheep	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Sheep/Goat	Femur D	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Sheep/Goat	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	0
012AD08509	Sheep/Goat	Occiput	1	0	0	0	1
012AD08509	Sheep/Goat	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0