012AD00436

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  1071 Maximum Width 65 Maximum Depth 29 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 28 Number of Animal Bones 29
Environmental       

Phasing

This short segment of ditch was phased to the Anglian period by the find of a single Anglian sherd. As is usual in area 12AD, many more Roman (20 sherds) than Anglian sherds were present.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

    012AD00435         
             
        012AD00492     
             
    012AD00436         
             
             
    012AD00780         

Discussion

Although totally discrete and thus treated as a separate entity, this short ditch segment is obviously part of a larger enclosure system, also dealt with under the entries for 012AD01006 and 012AD00520. In particular, enclosure 012AD01006 appeared to be made up of a series of ditch segments rather than a continuous ditch, and this feature almost mirrors the segment 012AD00491.

The filling of this ditch also exhibited similarities to segment 012AD00491, located less than one metre to the east. The primary fill was a lighter (Munsell 10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam, with 25% chalk inclusions and containing relatively little material culture, although slight daub and charcoal flecking was noted. Apart from this flecking, it is very similar in nature to the hillwash into which the feature is cut. The secondary (and final) fill was a darker (Munsell 10YR 3/2) sandy loam, with less than 5% chalk inclusions. This fill also contained the majority of the material culture. The objects were mostly Roman pot sherds, although a single Anglian sherd gives us a rough TPQ for the final infilling of the ditch. The animal bone species recovered were predominantly cattle (44%) and sheep/goat (38%). The ditch has a U-shaped profile, unlike 012AD01006 to the east.
 

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD00436 012AD00435   25 27  
012AD00492   3 2  

012AD00435 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD00435 DAUB   3
  POTTERY 2-4C 3
  POTTERY 3-4? 1
  POTTERY 3-4C 10
  POTTERY 4C 3
  POTTERY ANGLIAN 1
  SLAG   1
  STONE   2

012AD00435 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD00435 Cattle 13
  Dog 1
  Domestic goose 1
  Pig 1
  Sheep 3
  Sheep/Goat 8

Context Details

012AD00436 Sections and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00435 DITCH FILL CURVILINEAR 1071 65 14 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL. BONE AND POTTERY FOUND. < 5% CHALK INCLUSIONS. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING. SITS ABOVE FILL 492.
012AD00436 DITCH CUT CURVILINEAR 1071 65 29 U-SHAPED DITCH CUT. CUT INTO HILLWASH WITH 40% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 7CMS. PROFILE GENERALLY BOWL SHAPED ALTHOUGH IN PLACES SIDES STEEPER THAN OTHERS.
012AD00492 DITCH FILL CURVILINEAR 1000 62 16 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL. POTTERY AND BONE FOUND. CHARCOAL AND DAUB FLECKING. 25% CHALK INCLUSIONS. VERY SIMILAR FILL TO 781 IN ADJACENT DITCH.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD00435 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
012AD00435 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00435 AC ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN III 1
012AD00435 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00435 AF   STONE STONE   IRONSTONE 1
012AD00435 AG   DAUB DAUB     1
012AD00435 AH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00435 AI 4C POTTERY SHERD BK   1
012AD00435 AJ   SLAG SLAG     2
012AD00435 AK 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00435 AL 2-4C POTTERY SHERD B   1
012AD00435 AM 4C POTTERY SHERDS BK   3
012AD00435 AN 4C POTTERY SHERD BK   1
012AD00435 AO 2-4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD   1
012AD00435 AP 3-4? POTTERY SHERD BD   1
012AD00435 AQ 2-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
012AD00435 AR 3-4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD   1
012AD00435 AS 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
012AD00435 AT   STONE PEBBLE     1
012AD00435 AU 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00435 AV 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00435 AW   DAUB DAUB     1
012AD00435 AX 3-4C POTTERY SHERDS   ROMANO-BRITISH 2
012AD00435 AY   DAUB DAUB     1
012AD00492 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00492 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00492 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00435 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00435 Cattle Humerus C 1 1 0 1 0
012AD00435 Cattle M/T D 1 1 0 0 1
012AD00435 Cattle N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00435 Cattle Ulna 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Dog Radius P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00435 Domestic goose Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Pig Scapula 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00435 Sheep Radius P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00435 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00435 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00435 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Sheep/Goat Humerus br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00435 Sheep/Goat Humerus br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Sheep/Goat Humerus D 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00435 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00435 Sheep/Goat Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00435 Sheep/Goat Radius D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00435 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00492 Cattle M/C D 1 1 0 0 1
012AD00492 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1