012AD08989

Slot

Phasing

All of the objects from this feature were late Roman in date (twelve Romano-British pot sherds). This is one of a number of features which have the same alignment Click here to see a colour coded plan of the different alignments of features, following the line of the dry valley in a NNW-SSE orientation. These features are all either short slots, ditch segments, or lines of posts, with this being one of the short slots (grouped together as master number 012AD07233). The significance of these features is not yet fully understood, although the longer features appear to relate to a form of spatial control of access to the southern part of the dry valley. This slot was cut by the east-west aligned ditch sequence 012AD09136.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

              012AD08794    012AD09132       
                         
                         
  012AD08986    012AD08988    012AD05809    012AD08800    012AD05811    012AD05661   
                         
  012AD08987    012AD08989    012AD05810    012AD08801    012AD05812    012AD05662   
                         

Discussion

This was one of two parallel slots (with 012AD08987). This slot was different in character in a number of ways, being deeper and having a well-defined square edge to its northen terminal. It contained more finds, four times the number recovered from its neighbour. It was filled with a sandy loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/3) with few (5%) chalk inclusions. There was a high charcoal content, with very little daub noted. The pottery found was concentrated in the northern terminal. Pig weas the predominant animal species represented, unusually for this area, where cattle or sheep/goat are normally the most numerous species.

The slot was cut into hillwash with a regular V-profile, and was cut by enclosure ditch 012AD09136.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD08989 012AD08988   12 16  

012AD08988 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD08988 POTTERY 2-4C
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
10
  POTTERY 4C
1

012AD08988 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD08988 Cattle
4
  Horse
1
  Pig
6
  Sheep
2
  Sheep/Goat
3

Context Details

012AD08989 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD08988 SLOT FILL LINEAR
226
61
18
 V-SHAPED CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY. HIGH CHARCOAL CONTENT. SLIGHT DAUB FLECKING. CONCENTRATION. OF POT IN N TERMINAL.
012AD08989 SLOT CUT LINEAR
226
61
18
 V-SHAPED CUT INTO HILLWASH. LINEAR WITH V SHAPED PROFILE. CUT BY DITCH 8793/8794. PARALLEL WITH SLOT 8986/8987. REGULAR SQUARE N TERMINAL.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD08988 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD BD ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08988 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08988 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08988 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD OPEN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08988 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08988 AF 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN HUNTCLIFF
1
012AD08988 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08988 AH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08988 AI 2-4C POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AD08988 AJ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JS? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08988 AK 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JB ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08988 AL 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD08988 Cattle N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Horse Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Pig Femur D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Pig Femur D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Pig Humerus D 1 0 0 1 0
012AD08988 Pig LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Pig Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08988 Pig Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08988 Sheep Horncore 2 0 0 0 2
012AD08988 Sheep Radius C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Sheep/Goat Humerus br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08988 Sheep/Goat Radius D 1 0 0 0 0