Ditch Details | |||||||
Length | 4395 | Maximum Width | 146 | Maximum Depth | 50 | Profile | U-shaped |
Material Culture | Number of Objects | 176 | Number of Animal Bones | 81 | |||
Environmental |
MASTER | CUT | FILL | VOLUME | OBJECTS | AN BONE | DENSITY |
012AD07210 | 012AD05042 | 012AD05041 | 16 | 13 | ||
012AD05154 | 012AD05153 | 3 | 1 | |||
012AD06130 | 012AD06129 | 31 | 2 | |||
012AD06223 | 51 | 3 | ||||
012AD06147 | 012AD06097 | 10 | 8 | |||
012AD06115 | 4 | 3 | ||||
012AD06132 | 7 | 8 | ||||
012AD06145 | 0 | 0 | ||||
012AD06228 | 3 | 6 | ||||
012AD06134 | 0 | 0 | ||||
012AD06133 | 4 | 0 | ||||
012AD06140 | 9 | 10 | ||||
012AD06144 | 0 | 2 | ||||
012AD06257 | 012AD06256 | 2 | 1 | |||
SPIT | 012AD06103 | 7 | 5 | |||
SPIT | 012AD06135 | 11 | 14 | |||
SPIT | 012AD06214 | 18 | 4 | |||
STONE SETTING | 012AD06277 | 0 | 0 |
The ditch was cut into hillwash in the central and eastern segments, and into chalk and hillwash in the west, generally with a U-shaped profile, although occasionally with a wide V. It also cut through pebble surface 012AD06141 and stone setting 012AD06277, which was visible only in the side of the ditch.
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
012AD05041 | MIDDLE SAXON | COPPER ALLOY |
1
|
Unassigned | FIRED CLAY |
2
|
|
Unassigned | IRON |
1
|
|
4TH CENTURY | POTTERY |
6
|
|
ANGLIAN? | POTTERY |
1
|
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
1
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
4
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
012AD06097 | ROMAN | DAUB |
3
|
Unassigned | FLINT |
1
|
|
4TH CENTURY | POTTERY |
2
|
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
1
|
|
ROMAN? | POTTERY |
1
|
|
Unassigned | SHELL |
1
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
2
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
012AD06129 | 4TH CENTURY | POTTERY |
16
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
15
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
012AD06135 | 4TH CENTURY | POTTERY |
3
|
ROMAN | POTTERY |
1
|
|
Unassigned | SHELL |
4
|
|
ROMAN | SLAG |
1
|
|
Unassigned | STONE |
2
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
012AD06214 | ROMAN | POTTERY |
18
|
KEY_ID | PERIOD | MATERIAL | No |
012AD06223 | ROMAN | POTTERY |
50
|
ROMAN? | POTTERY |
1
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD05041 | Cattle |
4
|
Pig |
2
|
|
Sheep/Goat |
6
|
|
Wild/domestic goose |
1
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD06135 | Cattle |
9
|
Dog |
1
|
|
Pig |
1
|
|
Sheep |
2
|
|
Sheep/Goat |
1
|
KEY_ID | SPECIES | No |
012AD06140 | Cattle |
3
|
Dog |
1
|
|
Pig |
2
|
|
Sheep |
1
|
|
Sheep/Goat |
3
|
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD05041 | DITCH FILL SEG | CURVILINEAR |
280
|
102
|
22
|
U-SHAPED | FILL OF DITCH. SEVERELY PLOUGH TRUNCATED. 20% CHALK. CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS. OCCASIONAL DAUB. |
012AD05042 | DITCH CUT SEG | CURVILINEAR |
280
|
102
|
22
|
U-SHAPED | CUT OF DITCH. SEVERELY PLOUGH TRUNCATED. DEEPER SLOT ON NORTHERN SIDE. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD05153 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR SEG. |
340
|
82
|
15
|
U-SHAPED | FILL OF SLOT. LINEAR SEGMENTS OF LARGER CURVILINEAR FEATURE. 10% CHALK. CHARCOAL FLECKS. SEVERELY PLOUGH TRUNCATED. |
012AD05154 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR SEG. |
340
|
82
|
15
|
U-SHAPED | CUT OF SLOT. LINEAR SEGMENTS OF LARGER CURVILINEAR FEATURE. SEVERELY PLOUGH TRUNCATED. CUT INTO CHALKY HILLWASH MATERIAL. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD06129 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
155
|
55
|
23
|
U-SHAPED | CHALK INCLUSIONS 10% 1-5CM IN DIAMETER. CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY. |
012AD06223 | DITCH FILL SEG | RECTANGULAR |
400
|
130
|
23
|
U-SHAPED | CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND ABUNDANT POTTERY. RELATIONSHIP WITH DITCH FILLS 6124 AND 6224 NO ESTABLISHED TO SIMILARITY OF FILLS. |
012AD06130 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
1500
|
55
|
23
|
U-SHAPED | CUT INTO HILLWASH WITH A STRAIGHT-SIDED U PROFILE. BASE CUT DOWN TO PEBBLE SURFACE. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD06097 | DITCH FILL SEG | LINEAR |
200
|
240
|
10
|
U-SHAPED | INITIAL SPIT TAKEN DOWN TO DEFINE DITCHES. DEFINED BY LIMIT OF DITCHES BUT NO DIFFERENCE IN FILLS NOTED AT THIS LEVEL. |
012AD06115 | DITCH FILL SEG | LINEAR |
200
|
220
|
12
|
U-SHAPED | SECOND REMOVAL OF DITCH LAYER UNDER 6097 TO DEFINE DITCHES. CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE/POTTERY AND SANDSTONE. CHALK INCLUSIONS 10% 1-6CM IN DIAMETER. |
012AD06132 | DITCH FILL SEG | LINEAR |
200
|
120
|
25
|
U-SHAPED | CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY (SOME DECORATED) AND BURNT SANDSTONE. EQUALS DITCH FILL 6145. |
012AD06133 | DITCH FILL SEG | LINEAR |
130
|
40
|
18
|
U-SHAPED | CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND SANDSTONE. INITIALLY DEFINED UNDER 6115. LATER SHOWN TO LIE BELOW 6134. |
012AD06134 | DITCH FILL SEG | LINEAR |
130
|
50
|
40
|
U-SHAPED | RUBBLE LAYER IN SANDY LOAM MATRIX. DEFINED INITIALLY UNDER 6115. DID NOT EXTEND FOR THE FULL LENGTH OF 6115 ONLY THE WESTERN SEGMENT. |
012AD06140 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
210
|
85
|
8
|
U-SHAPED | CHALK INCLUSIONS 3% 1-5CM IN DIAMETER. PRIMARY FILL. CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE/POTTERY AND IMPORTED STONE. |
012AD06144 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
200
|
45
|
5
|
U-SHAPED | CESS LAYER ON BASE OF DITCH CUT 6147. CONTAINED 1 FRAGMENT OF BONE. |
012AD06145 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
120
|
73
|
8
|
U-SHAPED | DITCH FILL EQUALS DITCH FILL 6132 IN DITCH CUT 6147. ABOVE CESS LAYER 6144. NO FINDS. |
012AD06228 | DITCH FILL SEG | LINEAR |
260
|
170
|
15
|
U-SHAPED | CHALK INCLUSIONS < 5% UP TO 3CM IN DIAMETER. CONTAINED POTTERY AND ANIMAL BONE. CONTEXT COVERS BOTH CUTS 6146 AND 6147 AS NOT POSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH F |
012AD06147 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
1580
|
150
|
50
|
U-SHAPED | CONTAINS FILLS 6132/6134/6133/6228. CUT INTO HILLWASH. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD06256 | DITCH FILL | LINEAR |
300
|
55
|
8
|
U-SHAPED | CHALK INCLUSIONS 10% 1-4CM IN DIAMETER. CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY. DAUB FLECKING. |
012AD06257 | DITCH CUT | LINEAR |
300
|
55
|
8
|
U-SHAPED | SHALLOW DITCH TERMINAL CUT INTO HILLWASH. CUTS DITCH 6127/6128. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD06103 | SPIT | LINEAR |
230
|
210
|
17
|
U-SHAPED | EXCAVATED TO ESTABLISH DITCHES RUNNING EAST/WEST. DEFINED POST HOLE 8591/8592. |
012AD06135 | SPIT | RECTANGULAR |
270
|
230
|
9
|
U-SHAPED | ARBITRARY SPIT DEFINED BY DITCH LIMITS TO DEFINE DITCH FILLS 6142 AND 6140. |
012AD06214 | SPIT | SUB-RECTANGULAR |
650
|
240
|
15
|
U-SHAPED | SPIT AT INTERSECTION OF DITCHES 6146/6147 AND 6123/6124. CONTAINED POTTERY AND A LITTLE ANIMAL BONE. |
KEY_ID | TYPE | SHAPE | L | B | D | PROFILE | NOTES |
012AD06277 | STONE SETTING | UNCLEAR |
35
|
20
|
12
|
STONE SETTING (POSSIBLE WALL) EXPOSED IN SIDE BY EXCAVATION OF DITCH 6147. UNEXCAVATED. ANGULAR CHALK BLOCKS UP TO 17CM IN DIAMETER. SEALED BY BURIED SOIL |