012AD05024

Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  871 Maximum Width 50 Maximum Depth 93 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 20 Number of Animal Bones 23
Environmental       

Phasing

As with pit 012AD05370 which the ditch cuts, the majority of diagnostic finds were of a later Roman date. However, a single sherd of Anglian pottery was also recovered, indicating a later date for the infilling of this ditch.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

                     
      012AD05388    012AD05371    012AD05023   012AD05029  
        =    =    =     
      012AD05423    012AD05372    012AD05024    012AD05030  
                     
                     
                     
        012AD05369             
                     
    012AD05387                 
                     
        012AD05370             
                     
                     

Discussion

Although only excavated for 8 metres, the geophysical data clearly showed this feature continued to the west, further onto the chalk. Segment 012AD05423 was first excavated as a single wider segment, although it was later demonstrated to be two features, with the ditch cutting a pit, 012AD05370. The fill of the ditch ranged from a lighter (Munsell colour 10YR 4/3) sandy loam in the west to a darker (Munsell colour 10YR 3/2) sandy silty loam in the east.

The ditch was cut into hillwash in the east, and into chalk natural in the west, and had a U-shaped profile (no sections were drawn). It was plough truncated in the west, but survived to a depth of 90cm in the east, where it had been sealed by layers of hillwash.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD5024 012AD5023   13 14  
012AD5030 012AD5029   0 0  
012AD5372 012AD5371   3 6  
012AD5423 012AD5388   4 3  

012AD05023 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05023 POTTERY 3-4C
7
  POTTERY 4C
1
  POTTERY ANGLIAN
1
  STONE  
3

012AD05023 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05023 Cattle
5
  Horse
2
  Pig
1
  Sheep
1
  Sheep/Goat
5

Context Details

012AD05024 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05023 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
145
78
48
 U-SHAPED FILL OF E-W DITCH WITH SIDE SLOT ON NORTH SIDE. 25% CHALK MATRIX. CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS.
012AD05024 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR SEG.
145
78
48
 U-SHAPED CUT OF E-W DITCH WITH SIDE SLOT ON NORTH SIDE. UNEVEN CUT INTO FRAGMENTED CHALK NATURAL. PART OF FEATURE IS SEVERELY MACHINE TRUNCATED.

012AD05030 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05029 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
140
65
32
 U-SHAPED FILL OF DITCH. HALF SECTION TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP WITH 5025. 10% CHALK. CONTAINED BONE. SLIGHT CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS.
012AD05030 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR SEG.
140
65
32
 U-SHAPED CUT OF DITCH. HALF SECTION TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP WITH 5025.

012AD05372 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05371 DITCH FILL LINEAR
400
93
50
 U-SHAPED FILL OF E-W DITCH.5-10% CHALK. SLIGHT CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. POSSIBLE = 5023.
012AD05372 DITCH CUT LINEAR
400
93
50
 U-SHAPED CUT OF E-W DITCH. POSSIBLE = 5024. RELATIONSHIP WITH UNDERLYING FEATURES UNKNOWN AT PRESENT BUT PROB. CUTS THEM.

012AD05423 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05388 DITCH FILL LINEAR
110
250
90
 U-SHAPED FILL OF N-S DITCH. EXTENT BEYOND TRENCH NOT KNOWN. FEATURE MAY BE PIT. 15% CHALK. DAUB AND CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS.
012AD05423 DITCH CUT LINEAR
110
250
90
 U-SHAPED CUT OF N-S DITCH. EXTENT BEYOND TRENCH NOT KNOWN. FEATURE MAY BE PIT.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05023 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05023 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05023 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05023 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05023 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05023 AF 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05023 AG   STONE STONE   IRONSTONE
1
012AD05023 AH   STONE STONE   RED CHALK
2
012AD05023 AI   STONE STONE   RED SANDSTONE
1
012AD05023 AJ ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERDS   ANGLIAN III
2
012AD05023 AK 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05023 AL 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JKNAP ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05024 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05371 AA   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD05371 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05371 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERDS JBL ROMANO-BRITISH
2
012AD05388 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05388 AB   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD05388 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05023 Cattle Horncore 1 0 0 1 0
012AD05023 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 1 0
012AD05023 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05023 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05023 Cattle Radius D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05023 Horse Phalanx 1 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05023 Horse Tibia D 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05023 Pig Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05023 Sheep M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05023 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05023 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05023 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05023 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05023 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05371 Cattle Humerus D 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05371 Cattle Radius fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05371 Cattle Tibia fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05371 Pig Humerus P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05371 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05371 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05388 Cattle Ld4 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05388 Sheep/Goat Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05388 Wild/domestic goose Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1