012AC07081

Pit Pair

 


Phasing

The pits are dated to the Bronze Age by the pottery recovered. Stratigraphically, they were sealed by a layer of hillwash (012AD00057) and then cut by a ditch (012AD00062), both of which contained late Roman pottery.
 

Stratigraphic Matrix

Discussion

Two pits which contained Bronze Age pottery. A layer of hillwash (012AC00057) sealed both pits. Both this layer and pit 012AC00111 were cut by ditch 012AC00062. Before this relationship was noted some of the finds from ditch fill 012AC00061 may have been tagged under pit fill 012AC00110. This may explain why some Roman pottery is listed under this context. A number of charcoal lenses were noted throughout the pit fills. Also of note was a multi-coloured clay deposit (012AC00148), roughly rectangular in shape, which sat on the base of pit cut 012AC00058. Some charcoal was mixed with this deposit. Interestingly, it is in the upper fills of both pits from which the majority of pottery and flints were recovered.
 

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT FILLS VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AC07801
 
012AC00057
   10    
   012AC00058
012AC00104
   44    
   
012AC00145
      
   
012AC00148
      
   012AC00111
012AC00110
   6    
   
012AC00126
   14    
   
012AC00144
   1    
   
012AC00202
        

Object Totals by Material

MASTER KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AC07081 012AC00057 4TH CENTURY POTTERY 7
  012AC00057 PREHISTORIC FLINT 2
  012AC00057 Unassigned CHARCOAL 1
  012AC00104 ?PREHISTORIC POTTERY 22
  012AC00104 4TH CENTURY POTTERY 2
  012AC00104 BRONZE AGE POTTERY 1
  012AC00104 PREHISTORIC FLINT 8
  012AC00104 PREHISTORIC POTTERY 1
  012AC00104 ROMAN/ANGLIAN DAUB 1
  012AC00104 Unassigned CHARCOAL 1
  012AC00104 Unassigned FIRED CLAY 3
  012AC00104 Unassigned FLINT 1
  012AC00104 Unassigned POTTERY 1
  012AC00104 Unassigned SNAIL 1
  012AC00104 Unassigned STONE 2
  012AC00110 ?4TH CENTURY POTTERY 1
  012AC00110 4TH CENTURY POTTERY 3
  012AC00110 Unassigned FIRED CLAY 1
  012AC00110 Unassigned STONE 1
  012AC00126 ?PREHISTORIC POTTERY 7
  012AC00126 PREHISTORIC FLINT 3
  012AC00126 Unassigned CHARCOAL 4
  012AC00144 Unassigned CHARCOAL 1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

 

Structural Details

012AC00058 and 012AC00111 Sections and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00057 PIT FILL OVATE 370 90 16 U-SHAPED LAYER SEALING PITS 58 AND 111. CHALK FRAGS <5CM IN SIZE. HILLWASH
012AC00104 PIT FILL OVATE 220 55 27 U-SHAPED FILL WITH HIGH CHARCOAL CONTENT. A FEW CHALK FRAGS. <4CM IN SIZE
012AC00145 PIT FILL OVATE 110 40 25 CONCAVE PIT FILL NOT SEEN DURING EXC. (FINDS UNDER 104). FREQUENT CHALK FRAGS <7CM.
012AC00148 PIT FILL AMORPHOUS 35 20 5 V-SHAPED DEPOSIT OF CLAY IN PIT 58. CONTINUES UNDER EAST BAULK. BAULK LATER REMOVED TO EXPOSE FULL DEPOSIT.
012AC00058 PIT CUT OVATE 230 70 70 U-SHAPED PIT. PROBABLY A PAIR WITH 111 UNDER EAST BAULK. HIGH CHARCOAL CONTENT OF FILLS. BRONZE AGE?

 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00057 PIT FILL OVATE 370 90 16 U-SHAPED LAYER SEALING PITS 57 AND 111. CHALK FRAGS <5CM IN SIZE. HILLWASH
012AC00110 PIT FILL OVATE 90 80 14 CONCAVE PIT FILL GIVEN WHEN PITS 110 & 58 COULD BE DEFINED SEPARATELY. POSSIBLY FINDS FROM DITCH 61 WERE TAGGED UNDER 110 BEFORE CUT 62 SHOWED.
012AC00126 PIT FILL OVATE 65 80 16 U-SHAPED PIT FILL CONTAINING HIGH CHARCOAL CONTENT (SIMILAR TO 104 IN PIT 58) CHALK FRAGS <6CM IN SIZE
012AC00202 PIT FILL OVATE 75 68 20 CONCAVE PIT FILL SEEN POST EX. IN SECTION BELOW LAYER 126 (RICH IN CHARCOAL). FREQUENT CHALK FRAGS. <5CM IN SIZE
012AC00144 PIT FILL OVATE 100 55 15 CONCAVE BASAL PIT FILL (BRONZE AGE PAIR OF PITS WITH 58?) WEATHERED CHALK NATURAL. LARGE LUMPS OF CHARCOAL
012AC00111 PIT CUT OVATE 120 90 75 U-SHAPED OVATE PIT IN NE CORNER (PAIR OF PITS WITH 58. BRONZE AGE?) HIGH CHARCOAL CONTENT FLINT POT

Objects By Context

 
KEY_ID OB PERIOD1 PERIOD2 MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AC00057 AJ     CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
012AC00057 AH PREHISTORIC   FLINT SCRAPER     1
012AC00057 AI PREHISTORIC   FLINT SCRAPER     1
012AC00057 AA 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00057 AB 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00057 AC 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00057 AD 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00057 AE 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00057 AF 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00057 AG 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00104 BP     CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
012AC00104 BQ ROMAN ANGLIAN DAUB DAUB     2
012AC00104 BE     FIRED CLAY FIRED CLAY     1
012AC00104 BF     FIRED CLAY FIRED CLAY     1
012AC00104 BG     FIRED CLAY BRICK/TILE?     1
012AC00104 AB PREHISTORIC   FLINT CORE FRAGMENT?     1
012AC00104 AC PREHISTORIC   FLINT FLAKE CORE     1
012AC00104 AD PREHISTORIC   FLINT FLAKE CORE     1
012AC00104 AE PREHISTORIC   FLINT SCRAPER     1
012AC00104 AF PREHISTORIC   FLINT FLAKE     1
012AC00104 AG PREHISTORIC   FLINT SCRAPER THUMBNAIL   1
012AC00104 BJ PREHISTORIC   FLINT CORE FRAGMENT?     1
012AC00104 BK PREHISTORIC   FLINT SCRAPER THUMBNAIL   1
012AC00104 AH     FLINT FLINT FRAGMENT     1
012AC00104 BN 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00104 BO 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00104 AI BRONZE AGE   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 BM PREHISTORIC   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AJ PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AK PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AL PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AM PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERDS     3
012AC00104 AN PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AO PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AP PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AQ PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AR PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AS PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AT PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AU PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AV PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AW PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AX PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 AY PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERDS     2
012AC00104 AZ PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 BA PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 BB PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 BC PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 BD PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 BL PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 BH     POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00104 BR     SNAIL SNAIL SAMPLE     1
012AC00104 AA     STONE STONE     1
012AC00104 BI     STONE STONE FOSSILIFEROUS   1
012AC00110 AE     FIRED CLAY FIRED CLAY     1
012AC00110 AC 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00110 AD 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 4
012AC00110 AF 4TH CENTURY   POTTERY SHERDS   ROMANO-BRITISH 3
012AC00110 AA 4TH CENTURY?   POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH? 1
012AC00110 AB     STONE STONE     1
012AC00126 AK     CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
012AC00126 AL     CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
012AC00126 AM     CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
012AC00126 AN     CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
012AC00126 AH PREHISTORIC   FLINT SCRAPER     1
012AC00126 AI PREHISTORIC   FLINT SCRAPER     1
012AC00126 AJ PREHISTORIC   FLINT BLADE? MEDIAL   1
012AC00126 AA PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00126 AB PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00126 AC PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERDS     3
012AC00126 AD PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00126 AE PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00126 AF PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00126 AG PREHISTORIC?   POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00144 AA     CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1