012AD00520

Enclosure Ditch


 
 
Ditch Details
Length  2035 Maximum Width 81 Maximum Depth 16 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 9 Number of Animal Bones 6 
Environmental       

Phasing

The ditch was phased as Anglian, as it was stratigraphically above ditch 012AD01006. Niedermendig lava fragments were found in 6 locations along the ditch.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

            012AD00423    
                   
    012AD00638      012AD00519  =  012AD00659     
                   
        012AD00520  =    012AD00660     
                   
                   
         012AD01006          

Discussion

This slightly curvilinear ditch is a later redefinition of enclosure 012AD01006, which it cuts in the vicinity of the earlier Grubenhaus 012AD07027. It was generally very shallow (only 7 to 16cm in depth) with an irregular profile (U-shaped in places where it could be determined). It was cut into quite solid chalk. The fill was a sandy loam (Munsell 10YR 4/2) with 10% chalk inclusions. Some daub and charcoal flecking was present. It contained very little material culture, but it was of note that 6 discrete fragments of Niedermendig lava were recovered.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD00520 012AD00519   5 0  
012AD00660 012AD00659   0 1  
012AD00638   4 5  

Context Details

012AD00520 Section and Notes


 
 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00519 DITCH FILL CURVILINEAR
519
88
16
 U-SHAPED SLOT FILL. BONE FOUND. CHALK INCLUSIONS 10% < 10CMS. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING. END OF SLOT NUMBERED 638 BUT SAME FILL.
012AD00520 DITCH CUT CURVILINEAR
519
88
16
 U-SHAPED SLOT CUT. CUT INTO SOLID CHALK BEDROCK. VERY SHALLOW S END HEAVILY PLOUGH TRUNCATED. RELATION WITH PIT 778/9 UNKNOWN. 

012AD00660 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00659 DITCH FILL CURVILINEAR
570
53
7
 IRREGULAR SLOT FILL. SOME BONE FOUND. SOME DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING. < 10% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 5CMS. APPEARS TO BE THE SAME SLOT AS 519/20.
012AD00638 DITCH FILL LINEAR SEG.
147
81
16
 U-SHAPED SLOT FILL. BONE FOUND. CHALK INCLUSIONS 10% < 10CMS. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING. N END OF 519/20 AND = 519. 
012AD00660 DITCH CUT CURVILINEAR
570
53
7
 IRREGULAR SLOT CUT. CUT INTO SOLID CHALK BEDROCK. VERY SHALLOW CUT BADLY PLOUGH DAMAGED. NO RELATION DETERMINED WITH 529/30 + 724/5. PIT 431/2 MARK TERMINATION.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD00519 AA ROMAN/ANGLIAN GLASS GLASS SHERD    
1
012AD00519 AB 2-4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD  
1
012AD00519 AC ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
17
012AD00519 AD 2-4C POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AD00519 AE ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
4
012AD00638 AA ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
2
012AD00638 AB ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
1
012AD00638 AC ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
3
012AD00638 AD ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
4

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00659 Sheep/Goat Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00638 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00638 Cattle Humerus D 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00638 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00638 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00638 Sheep Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0