012AC09500

Enclosure Ditch

 
 
Ditch Details
Length   2110 Maximum Width  111 Maximum Depth  62 Profile  U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects  7 Number of Animal Bones 25
Environmental       

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

 
                 
          012AC00021       
                 
      012AC00027    012AC00085       
                 
      012AC00116    012AC00024    012AC00301   
        =    =     
      012AC00080    012AC00086    012AC00302   
                 
    012AC00081             
                 
    012AC00082             
                 
                 
012AC00028          012AC00087       
      =           
012AC00100          012AC00088       
                 
            012AC00089     
                 
            012AC00090     
                 
012AC00046    012AC00049  =  012AC00127    012AC00091    012AC00303 
          =    =   
012AC00047    012AC00050        012AC00092    012AC00304 

Discussion

 The latest of three north/south aligned ditches in area 12AC. The south side of the ditch cut through ditch 012AB07171 which cut through primary cut 012AB00128. All three ditches cut through north/south aligned ditches 012AB07192, 012AB07195 and 012AB00134. Two further ditches on the same alignment (012AC09501 and 012AC7209) lie to the north, probably all phases of the same type of enclosure pattern. This ditch appears to form the division between two enclosures to the east and west; with the north/south ditches in areas 12AA and 12AC (the east and west sides, respectively) and the east/west ditches in the north of 12AB.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
 012AC09500 012AC00050 012AC00049    3 7  
    012AC00127    2 8  
  012AC00092 012AC00089        
    012AC00090        
    012AC00091        
  012AC00158 012AC00160        
    012AC00048   1 8  
  012AC00159 012AC00015     1  
  012AC00304 012AC00303   1 1  

Object Totals by Material

012AC00048 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AC00048 Unassigned SHELL
1
 

012AC00049 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AC00049 4TH CENTURY POTTERY
1
  Unassigned STONE
2
 

012AC00127 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AC00127 ROMAN SLAG
1
  Unassigned STONE
1
 

012AC00303 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AC00303 4TH CENTURY POTTERY
1
 

Animal Bone Totals by Species

012AC00048 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00048 Cattle
4
  Horse
1
  Pig
1
  Sheep/Goat
2

012AB00049 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00049 Cattle
2
  Horse
3
  Sheep/Goat
1
  Wild/domestic goose
1
 

012AC00127 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00127 Cattle
6
  Horse
1
  Sheep/Goat
1
 

012AC00159 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00159 Cattle
1
 

012AC00303 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00303 Sheep
1

Context Details

012AC00050 Section and Notes


 

 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00049 DITCH FILL COMPLEX
315
70
62
 U-SHAPED DITCH TERMINAL FILL DEFINED AFTER REMOVAL OF 15CM AS 12. PROBABLY DITCH TERMINAL = 46. CHALK FRAGMENTS <6CM IN SIZE. =127
012AC00127 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR
150
95
27
 CONCAVE FILL OF DITCH DEFINED UNDER 12. FINDS TAGGED UNDER 127 LATER DEFINED AS 28 IN SECTION. CHALK FRAGMENTS <8CM IN SIZE.
012AC00050 DITCH CUT COMPLEX
315
70
62
 U-SHAPED N-S DITCH TERMINAL MAY RELATE TO PIT 47. TRUNCATED BY 100 ON SAME ALIGNMENT. TRUNCATES 158. DEFINED ONLY IN SEGMENTS. 12 AND 74 (MIN. LENGTH 315CM)
 

012AC00092 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00089 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
135
72
21
 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL DEFINED POST EXC. AFTER RAPID REMOVAL OF DITCH SECTION 21. FINDS UNDER 21. A FEW CHALK INCLUSIONS <7CM IN SIZE
012AC00090 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
135
94
27
 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL DEFINED AFTER RAPID EXCAVATION OF SECTION 21. CHALK INCLUSIONS <7CM IN SIZE FREQ. FINDS UNDER 21
012AC00091 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
135
111
12
 CONCAVE PRIMARY FILL EXCAVATED RAPIDLY UNDER 21. 135CM SEGMENT. DECOMPOSING CHALK FRAGMENTS. UP TO 5CM IN SIZE FREQUENT
012AC00092 DITCH CUT LINEAR SEG.
2200
111
53
 U-SHAPED DITCH EXCAVATED IN SECTION 21 -RAPIDLY. SAME AS 304 AND PROBABLY 100 (AS 100 CUT 49). FULL LENGTH OF 9500 = 22M (135CM EXCAVATED).

012AC00158 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00160 DITCH FILL LINEAR
120
30
27
 CONCAVE DITCH FILL OF CUT 158 SEEN IN SECTION. FINDS UNDER 74. CHALK FRAGMENTS <6CM IN SIZE.
012AC00048 DITCH FILL COMPLEX
100
60
30
 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL CONTAINING FREQUENT ANGULAR CHALK FRAGMENTS. <20CM IN SIZE. CUT THROUGH BY DITCH 50
012AC00158 DITCH CUT LINEAR
265
60
30
 U-SHAPED PROBABLE DITCH TERMINAL (OR PIT). RAPIDLY EXCAVATED. CUT 158 WAS NOT DEFINED IN SEG. 21
 

012AC00159 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00015 DITCH FILL UNCLEAR
100
35
28
 CONCAVE DITCH FILL SEEN IN SECTION TRUNCATED BY 158 AND 49. PEAGRIT. CHALK FRAGMENTS. <10CM IN SIZE.
012AC00159 DITCH CUT No Entry
 
35
28
 U-SHAPED DITCH CUT CONTAINING 15. SEEN IN SECTION BUT NOT DURING RAPID EXCAVATION.
 

012AC00304 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00303 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR
160
90
35
 U-SHAPED DITCH ALIGNED N-S PARALLEL TO 302. FREQ. CHALK FRAGMENTS <5CM IN SIZE CHARCOAL FLECKS.
012AC00304 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR
160
90
35
 U-SHAPED DITCH ALIGNED N-S NARROWING TO 50CM WIDE IN SEG. DITCH PROBABLY =100 AND 92 (TOTAL LEN. 2200CM).

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OBCODE PERIOD1 MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AC00048 AA Unassigned SHELL SHELL   LIMPET 1
012AC00049 AC 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00049 AA Unassigned STONE STONE   IRONSTONE 1
012AC00049 AB Unassigned STONE STONE   RED CHALK 1
012AC00127 AB ROMAN SLAG SLAG FRAGMENT     1
012AC00127 AA Unassigned STONE STONE   RED SANDSTONE 1
012AC00303 AA 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AC00048 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00048 Cattle Femur P 1 1 0 0 0
012AC00048 Cattle Humerus D 1 1 0 0 1
012AC00048 Cattle M/T C 1 0 0 1 0
012AC00048 Horse Femur br 1 1 0 0 0
012AC00048 Pig Pelvis 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00048 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00048 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00049 Cattle Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00049 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00049 Horse N.Cuboid 1 1 0 1 0
012AC00049 Horse Tooth 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00049 Horse Tooth 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00049 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00049 Wild/domestic goose Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00127 Cattle Humerus D 1 1 0 1 0
012AC00127 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00127 Cattle Radius P 1 0 0 1 0
012AC00127 Cattle Radius P 1 1 0 0 0
012AC00127 Cattle Scapula 1 0 1 0 0
012AC00127 Cattle Ulna 1 1 0 1 1
012AC00127 Horse N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00127 Sheep/Goat Femur P 1 0 0 0 1
012AC00159 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00303 Sheep Tibia D 1 1 0 0 1