Shows location of spit 12AF124 in relation to the rest of Site 12

012AF00124    Spit


 
Spit Details
Length 889 Width 588 Depth 10
Area  52.27 sq. m Volume
Material Culture Number of Objects 55 Number of Animal Bones 1

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

                                                                                       
      012AF00001        012AF00109    012AF00110       012AF00108                     012AF00105   012AF00106   012AF00107   012AF00100   012AF00101   012AF00102    012AF00122    012AF00119    012AF00111   012AF00112   012AF00123
                                                                                       
  012AF00002   012AF00035   012AF00048               012AF00131    012AF00147   012AF00149   012AF00150   012AF00152           012AF00137               012AF00156    012AF00120             
                   012AF00124                                                                     
                          012AF00136   012AF00148       012AF00151               012AF00138                    012AF00121             
                  012AF00125                                                                    
                              012AF00157                                                        
                  012AF00126                                                                    

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Discussion

This was a spit excavated to take the hillwash down to a flat plane, in an effort to define what appeared to be a rectangular structure Click here to see the geophysical data for Area 12AF  in the high resolution geophysical data. The material removed was a sandy clay loam (Munsell 10YR 4/4). Finds were predomintly later Roman pottery (46 out of 46 sherds), although other finds included calcite, an iron nail, a glass fragment and part of a worked chalk bowl or mould.

The area was never fully excavated, although tantalising hints were uncovered (see 012AF00125 for further details)

012AF00124 Object Totals by Period and Material

 

012AF00124 Animal Bone Totals by Species

 

Context Details

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AF00124 SPIT IRREGULAR
889
588
10
 COMPLEX SPIT TO REMOVE HILLWASH TO ACHIEVE FLAT PLANE IN AN EFFORT TO DEFINE POSSIBLE SMALL BUILDING VAGUELY INDICATED ON GEOPHYSICS.

Objects

 

Animal Bones