012AD05180

Quarry Pit

Phasing

Seven late Roman pot sherds were recovered, although a flint flake and a Niedermendig lava fragment were also present, all in the upper fill (012AD05179). Stratigraphically, the pit is the earliest event in the immediate vicinity, and other quarry pits in the area are of a later Roman date.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

            012AD05045         
                     
            012AD05046         
                     
            012AD05155         
                     
                     
            012AD05327         
                     
            012AD05211         
                     
            012AD05212         
                     
                     
                012AD05394     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
            012AD05328         
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
        012AD05179             
                     
      012AD05241    012AD05190           
                     
        012AD05180             
                     
                     

Discussion

This was one of a group of quarry pits in the area, and it was cut by another pit (012AD05238) and a ditch (012AD08016). The primary fill (012AD05241) was a silty sand (Munsell colour 10YR 4/3), with very few chalk inclusions. No finds were recovered from this fill. It was sealed by 012AD05190, a sandy silty loam (Munsell colour 10YR 4/2), which was mixed with a redeposited chalk natural (up to 60% in places). A single dog bone was the only find from this fill. All but one of the finds were from the upper fill, 012AD05179, a sandy silty loam (Munsell colour 10YR 4/3), with 5-10% chalk inclusions. Charcoal was noted (3 samples taken), but no daub flecking.

The pit was cut into chalk and a sandy chalk gravel, with an irregular profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD05180 012AD05179   12 15  
  012AD05190   0 1  
  012AD05241   0 0  

012AD05179 Object Totals by Material and Period

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05179 CHARCOAL  
3
  FLINT PREHISTORIC
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
4
  POTTERY 4C
1
  POTTERY 4C?
1
  POTTERY M2-4
1
  UTILISED STONE ANGLIAN
1

012AD05179 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05179 Cattle
6
  Pig
3
  Sheep
1
  Sheep/Goat
5
  Dog
1

Context Details

012AD05180 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05179 PIT FILL SUB-CIRCULAR
206
170
32
 U-SHAPED UPPER FILL OF PIT ON EDGE OF WESTERN CHALK. VERY SILTY-SANDY FILL WITH 5-10% CHALK MATRIX. CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS.
012AD05180 PIT CUT SUB-CIRCULAR
206
170
64
 IRREGULAR CUT OF PIT ON EDGE OF WESTERN CHALK. EVEN CUT INTO CHALK AND SANDY GRAVEL.
012AD05190 LAYER UNCLEAR
110
70
17
 U-SHAPED FILL OF PIT ON EDGE OF WESTERN CHALK. LOWER FILL OF WEST SIDE. 30-40% CHALK.
012AD05241 PIT FILL UNCLEAR
93
60
32
 V-SHAPED FILL OF PIT ON EDGE OF WESTERN CHALK. LOWER FILL OF EAST SIDE. VERY SANDY FILL WITH LITTLE CHALK.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05179 AB   CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD05179 AD   CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD05179 AE   CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD05179 AM PREHISTORIC FLINT BLADE FRAGMENT MEDIAL  
1
012AD05179 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05179 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JKNAP ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05179 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05179 AL 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05179 AI 4C POTTERY SHERD DPR  
1
012AD05179 AK 4C? POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05179 AH M2-4 POTTERY SHERD JLS ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05179 AJ ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
21

Animal Bones

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05179 Cattle Humerus C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05179 Cattle M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05179 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05179 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05179 Cattle Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05179 Cattle Ulna 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05179 Pig Femur br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05179 Pig Humerus br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05179 Pig Pelvis 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05179 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05179 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05179 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05179 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05179 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05179 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05190 Dog Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0