012AD00288

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  830 Maximum Width 134 Maximum Depth 15  Profile V-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 1 Number of Animal Bones 2
Environmental       

Phasing

No diagnostic finds were recovered from the feature. Stratigraphically, it cut through ditch 012AD00013 and was cut by ditch 012AD00335. Although not directly linked, it may be part of a segmented ditch enclosure (like 012AD01006 to the west), with segments 012AD00528 to the west and 012AD00011 to the east. If this is the case, it is probably later (i.e. Middle Saxon in date), although 012AD00528 is different in a number of ways.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

    012AD00334     
         
    012AD00335     
         
  012AD00292    012AD00287   
         
  012AD00293    012AD00288   
         
         
         
  012AD00051  =  012AD00012   
         
  012AD00052    012AD00013   
         

Discussion

A short, wide ditch segment, filled with sandy loam (Munsell 10YR 4/2) containing 5-10% chalk inclusions. No daub or charcoal flecking was noted. Only a single fragment of daub and two cattle bones were recovered from the feature.

The ditch was cut into chalk with a wide, flat-based V profile, and was severely plough truncated.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD00288 012AD00287   1 2  

Context Details

012AD00288 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00287 DITCH FILL LINEAR
830
134
15
 FLAT-BASED V FILL OF DITCH. BONE FOUND. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING. 10% CHALK INCLUSIONS. IN PLAN CUT BY 334/5.
012AD00288 DITCH CUT LINEAR
830
134
15
 FLAT-BASED V CUT OF DITCH. CUT INTO CHALK. BADLY PLOUGH TRUNCATED. MAY = 527 BUT PROBABLY TERMINATES JUST BEFORE.527 DEEPER AND VERY DIFFERENT FILL.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD00287 AA   DAUB DAUB    
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00287 Cattle LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00287 Cattle Radius fr 1 0 0 0 0