012AD05826

Slot

Phasing

All of the objects from this feature were late Roman in date (four Romano-British pot sherds). This is one of a number of features which have the same alignment Click here to see a colour coded plan of the different alignments of features, following the line of the dry valley in a NNW-SSE orientation. These features are all either short slots, ditch segments, or lines of posts, with this being one of the short slots (grouped together as master number 012AD07233). The significance of these features is not yet fully understood, although the longer features appear to relate to a form of spatial control of access to the southern part of the dry valley. This slot was cut by the east-west aligned ditch 012AD09136. The relationship with ditch 012AD05660 was not established.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

        012AD09175    012AD08795                             
                                         
        012AD09176                                
                                         
                012AD09038    012AD09131                     
                  =                       
                012AD09039    012AD09130                     
                                         
      012AD05427   = 012AD08793                      012AD09133         
                                         
      012AD05451                          012AD09132         
                                         
      012AD05428  =  012AD08794                          012AD09135     
                                         
                                    012AD09134     
                                      012AD09136  
                                         
        012AD08986    012AD08988    012AD05809    012AD08800    012AD05827   012AD05797   012AD05811         
    012AD05425                                     
012AD05435        012AD08987    012AD08989    012AD05810    012AD08801    012AD05826   012AD05798   012AD05812         
    012AD05426                                     
012AD05436                                         
    012AD05543                                     
                                         
    012AD05544                                     
                                         

Discussion

This was one of two parallel slots (with 012AD05798) filled with an exceptionally red coloured silty clay loam (Munsell colour 2.5YR 2/5). There were about 5% chalk inclusions and a considerable amount of charcoal flecking was also present. Similar bone species (sheep/goat, pig, cattle and domestic fowl) were present as found in adjacent slot 012AD05800) to the west, although not in the same quantities.

The slot was cut into hillwash with a wide-V profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD05826 012AD05825   4 12  

012AD05825 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05825 Cattle
3
  Domestic fowl
1
  Pig
2
  Sheep
2
  Sheep/Goat
3
  Wild/domestic goose
1

Context Details

012AD05826 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05825 SLOT FILL LINEAR SEG.
237
110
10
 U-SHAPED FILL OF SLOT. -5% CHALK WITH EXTENSIVE DAUB INCLUSIONS AND CONSIDERABLE CHARCOAL. CONTAINED POT AND BONE.
012AD05826 SLOT CUT LINEAR SEG.
237
110
10
 WIDE V CUT OF SLOT. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO JOIN 5797 IN A HORSESHOE SHAPE. NOW APPEARS TO BE SEPARATE.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05825 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05825 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05825 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD05825 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05825 Cattle Ld4 2 0 0 0 0
012AD05825 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05825 Cattle Ulna 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05825 Domestic fowl Coracoid 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05825 Pig Radius D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05825 Pig Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05825 Sheep M/T P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05825 Sheep Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05825 Sheep/Goat M/C C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05825 Sheep/Goat Occiput 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05825 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05825 Wild/domestic goose Carpom/c 1 0 0 0 1