012AC09502

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  1385 Maximum Width  80 Maximum Depth  25 Profile  U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects  13 Number of Animal Bones  32
Environmental   

Phasing

The ditch fills contained 2 Anglian sherds, as well as some unfired clay, which places its filling firmly in an Anglian phase. However, it is cut by Grubenhaus 012AC09506, which means either that the Grubenhaus must be Middle Saxon, or the ditch must be early Anglian.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

        012AC09506         
                 
    012AC00010    012AC00016  =  012AC00311     
      =           
    012AC00031    012AC00034         
              012AC09502   
                 
    012AC07211   012AC00079        
                 

Discussion

A curvilinear ditch aligned east/west and forming the latest phase of an enclosure to the north. Further ditches (012AC00033, 012AC00035 and 012AC07211) on a similar alignment lie to the north 012AC09502, which form different phases of the same enclosure. The western limit of the ditch has been truncated by Grubenhaus 012AC09506 and the ditch was not defined to the west of the Grubenhaus, which might indicate the termination of the ditch but alternatively it may have been destroyed through plough truncation on the chalk knoll. The eastern end of the ditch curves north-eastwards and narrows before terminating adjacent to the butt-end of ditch 012AC09501, which almost certainly formed the eastern boundary of the same enclosure. The ditch was also shown to cut pits 012AC00079 and 012AC00189.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AC00031 012AC00010   2 4 +1  
012AC00034 012AC00016   8 12  
  012AC00311   3 15  

Object Totals by Material

012AC00010 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AC00010 ROMAN DAUB
1
  ANGLIAN POTTERY
1

012AC00016 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AC00016 Unassigned CHARCOAL
1
  ROMAN DAUB
1
  Unassigned IRON
1
  4TH CENTURY POTTERY
1
  ANGLIAN? POTTERY
1
  ROMAN POTTERY
1
  Unassigned STONE
1
  ROMAN WORKED STONE
1

012AC00311 Object totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AC00311 Unassigned STONE
2
  ANGLIAN? UNFIRED CLAY
1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

012AC00010 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00010 Horse
1
  Sheep
2
  Wild/domestic goose
1

012AC00016 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00016 Cattle
5
  Dog
1
  Horse
2
  Sheep
2
  Sheep/Goat
2

012AC00311 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AC00311 Cattle
4
012AC00311 Pig
1
012AC00311 Sheep
1
012AC00311 Sheep/Goat
5

Context Details

012AC00031 Section and Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00010 DITCH FILL LINEAR
750
80
25
 U-SHAPED POSSIBLE FENCE POSTS/SLOTS ON SOUTH SIDE INDICATED BY CHALK FRAGMENTS IN SECTION <4CM IN SIZE. A FEW FLECKS OF DAUB
012AC00031 DITCH CUT LINEAR
750
80
25
 U-SHAPED DITCH TERMINATING WITH BUTT EAST END BUTTING DITCH TERMINAL 80. RELATIONSHIP. WITH 99 UNDEFINED. 31 MAY FORK BEFORE TERMINAL (GEOPHYS) UNCLEAR ON GROUND. =35

012AC00034 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AC00016 DITCH FILL LINEAR
750
80
23
 FLAT BASED U ENCLOSURE DITCH PROBABLY = 10. LINE OF VERTICAL CHALK PEBBLES <5CM IS SUGGESTIVE OF POST-PACKING. NO SEPARATE NO. ISSUED.
012AC00311 DITCH FILL LINEAR 100 70 25 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL OF 34 TRUNCATED BY GRUB 273 (AT FIRST THOUGHT TO BE A POSSIBLE POST HOLE)
012AC00034 DITCH CUT LINEAR
750
80
25
 V-SHAPED DITCH CUT. EXCAVATED IN PLAN AT INTERSECTION WITH DITCH 35 (7 AND 45) - SECTION INDICATES 34 CUTS 17. DITCH TERMINATES UNDER 264 AND CUT BY GRUB 273

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OBCODE PERIOD1 MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AC00010 AB ROMAN DAUB DAUB     1
012AC00010 AA ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN GTW 1
012AC00016 AD Unassigned CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
012AC00016 AB ROMAN DAUB DAUB     1
012AC00016 AE Unassigned IRON IRON KNIFE     1
012AC00016 AF 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERDS   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AC00016 AA ANGLIAN? POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN II? 1
012AC00016 AG ROMAN POTTERY SHERD     1
012AC00016 AC Unassigned STONE STONE   CINDER? 1
012AC00016 AH ROMAN WORKED STONE WHETSTONE FINE SANDSTONE   1
012AC00311 AB Unassigned STONE STONE     1
012AC00311 AC Unassigned STONE STONE     1
012AC00311 AA ANGLIAN? UNFIRED CLAY UNFIRED CLAY     3

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AC00010 Horse M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00010 Sheep Horncore 1 0 0 0 1
012AC00010 Sheep Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00010 Wild/domestic goose Tarsom/t 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00016 Cattle Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00016 Cattle Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00016 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AC00016 Cattle N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00016 Cattle Ulna 1 1 0 0 0
012AC00016 Dog Tibia br 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00016 Horse Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00016 Horse Tooth 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00016 Sheep Astragalus 1 0 0 1 0
012AC00016 Sheep M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00016 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 1 0 0
012AC00016 Sheep/Goat Humerus D 1 0 0 0 1
012AC00031 Cattle Ld4 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00311 Cattle Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00311 Cattle Patella 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00311 Cattle Scapula fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00311 Cattle Scapula fr 1 0 0 1 0
012AC00311 Pig Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00311 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00311 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00311 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00311 Sheep/Goat M/C C 1 0 0 0 0
012AC00311 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1 1 0 0 0
012AC00311 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1 0 0 0 0