012AD00583

Slot


 
Slot Details
Length  342 Maximum Width 33 Maximum Depth 10 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 5 Number of Animal Bones 8
Environmental       

Phasing

The only diagnostic material culture recovered were 5 late Romano-British pot sherds. The slot was cut by an Anglian period pit 012AD00553 (which also cut ditch 012AD07228). No relationship with 012AD07228 was established.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

         012AD00553     012AD00734   012AD00732
                   
              012AD00735   012AD00733
                   
                   
                   
                   
        012AD00584  =   012AD00582     
                   
  012AD007228     012AD00585  =   012AD00583     

Discussion

A short, curvilinear slot, located immediately to the north of the east-west aligned segment of enclosure ditch 012AD07228. The single fill of this feature was a sandy loam (Munsell 10YR 4/2), with 10-20% chalk inclusions. Some daub and charcoal flecking was noted. Two post holes were detected during the excavation of this feature. The sections indicate either that the post holes cut through the fill of the slot, or that the posts were part of the structure and rotted in situ, leaving behind a fill with almost no inclusions. As there are no other post holes in the immediate vicinity, it seems likely that the post were an integral part of the slot, forming part of a barrier/fence.

The slot was cut into hillwash, with a flat-based U profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

 TYPE CUT FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
  012AD00583 012AD00582   1 3  
  012AD00584 012AD00583 4 2
POST HOLE 012AD00733 012AD00732   0 3  
POST HOLE 012AD00735 012AD00734   0 0  

Context Details

012AD00583 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00582 SLOT FILL CURVILINEAR 214 33 10 U-SHAPED SLOT FILL. BONE FOUND. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING.5% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 4CMS.
012AD00583 SLOT CUT CURVILINEAR
214
33
10
 U-SHAPED SLOT CUT. CUT INTO HILLWASH WITH 30% CHALK INCLUSIONS. POTHOLES 734/5 AND 732/3 CUT INTO BASE. SEEN IN PLAN TO BE CUT BY 552/3. PLOUGH TRUNCATED

012AD00585 Section and Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00584 SLOT FILL CURVILINEAR 210 33 10 U-SHAPED SLOT FILL. BONE FOUND. NO CHARCOAL OR DAUB FLECKING. 20% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 2MS.
012AD00585 SLOT CUT CURVILINEAR
210
33
10
 U-SHAPED SLOT CUT. SHALLOW BOWL PROFILE. PLOUGH TRUNCATED. CUT INTO HILLWASH OF 30% CHALK INCLUSIONS. CUT BY PIT 552/3. NO RELATIONSHIP ASCERTAINED WITH 718/9.

012AD00733 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00732 POST HOLE FILL ROUND 23 23 15 U-SHAPED POST HOLE FILL. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING.5% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 2CMS. NO FINDS.
012AD00733 POST HOLE  CUT ROUND
23
23
15
 U-SHAPED POST HOLE CUT. CUT INTO HILLWASH WITH 30% CHALK INCLUSIONS. U SHAPED PROFILE CUT INTO N SIDE OF BASE OF SLOT 583.

012AD00735 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00734 POST HOLE FILL ROUND 25 24 25 U-SHAPED POST HOLE FILL. NO FIND. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING.5% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 2CMS.
012AD00735 POST HOLE  CUT ROUND
25
24
25
 U-SHAPED POST HOLE CUT. CUT INTO HILLWASH OF 30% CHALK INCLUSIONS. CUT INTO BASE OF SLOT 582/3 LIKE POST HOLE 732/3. U SHAPED PROFILE.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD00582 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00584 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00584 AC 2-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
012AD00584 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD00584 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00582 Cattle Ld4 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00582 Sheep Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00582 Sheep/Goat Radius D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00585 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00585 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00732 Cattle M/T P 1 1 1 0 0
012AD00732 Pig Mand fr 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00732 Sheep/Goat Humerus C 1 1 0 0 0