012AD06021

Pit

Phasing

The only diagnostic material recovered were 4 late Romano-British pot sherds. However, it cut through the curvilinear ditch 012AD07220, believed to be a Middle Saxon feature.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

         
    012AD06011    
         
    012AD06020    
         
    012AD06021    
         
    012AD07220    
         

Discussion

This pit contained two fills. The primary fill (012AD06020), was a sandy loam with a distinct reddish tinge (Munsell colour 5YR 4/2), with almost no chalk inclusions. Only small animal bone fragments were recovered from this fill. It was sealed by 012AD06011, a sandy silty loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/3), which contained 10% chalk inclusions (0.5-2cm in diameter), as well as a group of much larger, angular chalk fragments. Most of the finds were recovered from this fill.

The pit was cut through enclosure 012AD07220  into hillwash, with a flat-based V profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD06021 012AD06011   10 2  
  012AD06020   0 0  

Context Details

012AD06021 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD06011 PIT FILL SUB-CIRCULAR 120 110 20 FLAT-BASED V PIT FILL. PIT CUTS DITCH 6076. CONTAINED POTTERY ANIMAL BONE AND SMALL FRAGMENTS OF SLAG.
012AD06020 PIT FILL SUB-CIRCULAR 45 45 5 CONCAVE PRIMARY FILL OF PIT WHICH CUTS CURVILINEAR DITCH 6076. CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE. VERY FEW INCLUSIONS UNLIKE FILL 6011 ABOVE.
012AD06021 PIT CUT SUB-CIRCULAR 120 110 25 FLAT-BASED V PIT CUT INTO HILLWASH AND THROUGH CURVILINEAR MIDDLE SAXON DITCH.

Objects

KEY_ID PERIOD OB MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS
012AD06011 AG DAUB BURNT     
012AD06011   AA DAUB BURNT     
012AD06011 3-4C AE POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
012AD06011 3-4C AD POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
012AD06011 3-4C AC POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
012AD06011 3-4C AB POTTERY SHERD    
012AD06011 AF SLAG SLAG    
012AD06011   AJ STONE PEBBLE    
012AD06011   AI STONE PEBBLE    
012AD06011   AH STONE PEBBLE    

Animal Bones

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD06011 Sheep Humerus D 0 0 0 0
012AD06011 Sheep Phalanx 3 0 0 0 0