012AD00701 and 012AD00780

Compacted Pebble Surfaces

Phasing

No finds were recovered from either 012AD00701 or 012AD00780.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

                 
  012AD00455   012AD00605   012AD00435   012AD00490  
                 
  012AD00456   012AD00606    012AD00436   012AD00491  
                 
    012AD00701       012AD00780    

Discussion

A number of pebble surfaces were encountered during the excavation season in 1995, generally cut by enclosure ditches (and thus only visible in the sides of the ditch), and this is the case with these two surfaces. Both of these surfaces were stained with manganese oxide. In all but one case (012AD01005), the surfaces appear to be Roman in date, as the material sealing them tends to contain relatively large numbers of exclusively Roman sherds. These two are probably related to the larger area of pebble surface exposed just to the north-east (012AD00508).

The surfaces were not deliberately created, rather they formed by compaction due to constant use. Although they were only found sporadically, the pattern indicates that the path was from the spring area in the south up the dry valley side towards the late Roman structure (012AF07215) in the south.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

TYPE  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
PEBBLE SURFACE 012AD00701   0 0  
PEBBLE SURFACE 012AD00780   0 0  

Context Details

012AD00701 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00701 PEBBLE SURFACE COMPLEX
275
131
   FLAT PEBBLE SURFACE. ROUNDED CHALK PEBBLES < 5CMS. SOME MANGANESE OXIDE STAINING. CUT BY SLOTS 455/6 AND 605/6. PROBABLY RELATED TO SURFACE 780.

012AD00780 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00780 PEBBLE SURFACE COMPLEX
236
163
   IRREGULAR PEBBLE SURFACE. ROUNDED CHALK PEBBLES < 5CMS. SOME MANGANESE OXIDE STAINING. CUT BY SLOTS 490/1 435/6. PROBABLY RELATED TO SURFACE 701.