012AC00150

Pit

Phasing

No diagnostic material was recovered from the pit. Stratigraphically it was sealed by spit 012AC00001 and cut through the northern edge of pebble surface 012AC00022.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

                      012AC00003                 012AC00001  
                                           
                      012AC00006   012AC00327 =   012AC00094       012AC00149  
                                           
                       012AC00026                 012AC00150  
                                           
  012AC00146               012AC00211                        
          012AC00118                                
      012AC00161           012AC00212                        
          012AC00119                                
      012AC00208                                    
                                           
  012AC00147                                        
                                           
  012AC00259           012AC00129             012AC00120        012AC00022      
                                           
              012AC00130                     012AC00128      
                                           
                            012AC00071 = 012AC00095 = 012AC00023 = 012AC00380  
                                           

Discussion

This was an exceptionally shallow pit, located on the northern edge of the turf-filled depression 012AC09503. Its single fill (012AC00149) was a sandy loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/3), with very few chalk inclusions. The fill was virtually indistinguishable from the material making up layer 012AC00094, one of the upper layers in the turf-filled depression immediately to the south. Only animal bones were recovered, although some larger chalk fragments were deemed to be residual (derived from the pebble surface).

The pit was cut down through part of surface 012AC00022 into chalk natural, with a shallow V-shaped profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AC00149 012AC00150   0 5  

Context Details

012AC00150 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00149 PIT FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR 160 95 10 V-SHAPED SHALLOW PIT. FILL APPARENTLY INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM 94. CHARCOAL FLECKING. ANGULAR CHALK BLOCKS <13CM IN SIZE (RESIDUAL)
012AC00150 PIT CUT SUB-RECTANGULAR 160 95 10 V-SHAPED SHALLOW PIT CUTTING PEBBLE SURFACE 128. SIMILAR IN CHARACTER TO PITS 122 147 210 AND 212.

Animal Bones

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AC00149 Cattle Phalanx 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00149 Cattle Pelvis 0 0 2 0
012AC00149 Domestic fowl Tarsom/t 0 0 0 0
012AC00149 Domestic goose Tibia P 0 0 0 0
012AC00149 Sheep/Goat Radius D 0 0 0 0