012AD07221

Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  4078 Maximum Width 234 Maximum Depth 36 Profile Wide V
Material Culture Number of Objects 25 Number of Animal Bones 102
Environmental       

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

      012AD07210                  
                         
      012AD07050                  
                         
      012AD06122   =   012AD08874 = 012AD08904 = 12AD05296  
                         
  012AD06143       012AD06136              
                         
      012AD06123   =   012AD08875 = 012AD08905 = 012AD05296  
                        012AD07221
                         
              012AD09044   012AD08907      

Discussion

A linear north-west/south-east aligned ditch, terminating in the centre of the dry valley. As it nears the western edge of the valley, it turns slightly to the north, becoming wider and shallower. The feature's alignment is unusual, and is shared by only one other ditch (012AD07213). A late Roman coin (Constantine II AD 323-324) was found in the upper fill, as well as 2 copper alloy sheet fragments and an iron knife. Only 16 sherds of pottery were found, 15 being late Roman in date and 1 Anglian. The animal bones recovered were primarily cattle and sheep/goat, although 3 pig, 1 horse and 1 domestic goose bone were also present. Generally only one fill was noted during excavation, although evidence for a recut of the ditch was seen in section 012AD06123. In segment 012AD08875, a narrow slot (012AD09044) filled with a daub-rich material was cut through by this ditch. The ditch was cut by ditch master 012AD07050, one of an east-west aligned enclosure complex.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD07221 012AD05298 012AD05297   2 2  
012AD06123 012AD06122   15 53  
    012AD06136   1 0  
    012AD06143   0 1  
  012AD08875 012AD08874   7 46  
  012AD08905 012AD08904   0 0  

012AD05297 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05297 POTTERY 3-4C 2

012AD06122 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD06122 BRONZE 335/340 1
COPPER ALLOY
1
DAUB ROMAN/ANGLIAN 1
IRON ROMAN/ANGLIAN 1
POTTERY 3-4C 7
POTTERY 4C 2
POTTERY ANGLIAN 1
STONE 1
012AD06136 POTTERY 3-4C 1

012AD08874 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD08874 BRONZE 323/324 1
COPPER ALLOY
1
POTTERY 2-4C 1
POTTERY 3-4C 4

012AD05297 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD05297 Cattle 1
Sheep/Goat 1

012AD06122 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD06122 Cattle 20
Domestic fowl 1
Horse 2
Pig 2
Sheep 13
Sheep/Goat 13
012AD06143 Sheep/Goat
1

012AD08874 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD08874 Cattle 18
Domestic goose 2
Horse 1
Sheep 5
Sheep/Goat 17
Water vole 1
Wild/domestic goose 1
Pig 1

Context Details

012AD05298 Section and Notes

 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05297 DITCH FILL LINEAR 100 72 22 WIDE V FILL OF N-S DITCH. SHORT HALF SECTION ONLY EXCAVATED. <5% CHALK. SLIGHT CHARCOAL INCLUSIONS.
012AD05298 DITCH CUT LINEAR  100 72 22 WIDE V CUT OF N-S DITCH. SHORT HALF SECTION ONLY EXCAVATED. RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER FEATURES UNCERTAIN.

012AD06123 Sections and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD06122 DITCH FILL LINEAR 1470 100 36 WIDE V CHALK INCLUSIONS 15% 1-6CM IN DIAMETER. CONTAINED COPPER ALLOY FRAG/ANIMAL BONE/POTTERY/KNIFE BLADE AND LATE ROMAN COIN.
012AD06123 DITCH CUT LINEAR 1470 125 36 WIDE V CUT INTO HILL WASH.
012AD06136 DITCH FILL LINEAR 240 20 36 WIDE V PRIMARY FILL IN DITCH 6123. LESS RED THAN FILL 6122 ABOVE. CHALK INCLUSIONS 4% 1-4CM IN DIAMETER. CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POT. FINDS LIFTED UNDER 6122.
012AD06143 DITCH FILL LINEAR 120 55 28 WIDE V PRIMARY DEPOSIT IN DITCH CUT 6123. CHALK INCLUSIONS 15% 1-5CM IN DIAMETER. ANGULAR CHALK RUBBLE (13CM DIAM). CONTAINED LITTLE ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY.

012AD08875 Sections and Notes

 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD08874 DITCH FILL LINEAR 562 133 32 WIDE V CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE POTTERY AND SANDSTONE FRAGMENTS. ALSO FE LUMP AND FRAG. OF CU ALLOY SHEET AND ROUND THIN CU ALLOY OBJECT. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING.
012AD08875 DITCH CUT LINEAR 3149 133 32 WIDE V CUT INTO HILLWASH AND THROUGH DAUB FILLED SLOT 9044.

012AD08905 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD08904 DITCH FILL LINEAR 325 234 32 WIDE V CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE POTTERY AND FE CLENCH NAIL. CESS DEPOSIT ON BASE. MEASUREMENT OF SEGMENT ONLY.
012AD08905 DITCH CUT LINEAR 325 234 32 WIDE V CUT INTO CHALK AND SAND. IS CUT BY P/H 8903 AND CUTS SLOT 8907. LINEAR WITH SHALLOW V PROFILE. PART OF DITCH RUNNING N/S ALONG EDGE OF CHALK.

012AD09044 Notes

TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
DITCH FILL LINEAR 66 30 13   DAUB RICH FILL OF LINEAR NORTH-EAST/SOUTH-WEST ALIGNED FEATURE CUT BY DITCH MASTER 12AD7221. UNEXCAVATED.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05297 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JCUR ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05297 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD06122 AD 335/340 BRONZE COIN FOLLIS H.O.CONSTANTINE 1
012AD06122 AJ   COPPER ALLOY C/A FRAGMENT     1
012AD06122 AC ROMAN/ANGLIAN DAUB DAUB     3
012AD06122 AB ROMAN/ANGLIAN IRON IRON KNIFE     1
012AD06122 AA ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD ANGLIAN III 1
012AD06122 AE 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD06122 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
012AD06122 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
012AD06122 AH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
012AD06122 AK 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD06122 AL 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
012AD06122 AM 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD06122 AN 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE 1
012AD06122 AO 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD06122 AI STONE STONE FOSSILIFEROUS SANDSTONE 2
012AD06136 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD08874 AB 323/324 BRONZE COIN FOLLIS CONSTANTINE II 1
012AD08874 AA   COPPER ALLOY C/A SHEET FRAG PERFORATED?   1
012AD08874 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JB ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD08874 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JCUR ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD08874 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JBK ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD08874 AF 2-4C POTTERY SHERD J GREY WARE 1
012AD08874 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05297 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05297 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Astragalus 1 1 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Horncore 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06122 Cattle Humerus br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle M/C D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Pelvis 1 1 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 1 0
012AD06122 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Radius D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Scapula fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Tibia D 1 1 1 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Tibia D 1 1 0 0 0
012AD06122 Cattle Ulna 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06122 Cattle Ulna 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06122 Domestic fowl Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Horse Humerus br 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06122 Horse Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Pig M/C C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Pig Scapula 1 0 0 1 1
012AD06122 Sheep Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep Horncore 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep Horncore 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep Horncore 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep Humerus D 1 1 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep M/T br 1 1 0 0 1
012AD06122 Sheep M/T C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep M/T P 1 1 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Femur D 1 0 0 1 0
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Humerus D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat M/C D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1 0 0 0 1
012AD06122 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle Axis 1 1 0 0 1
012AD08874 Cattle Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Cattle Femur fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle Humerus D 1 0 0 1 0
012AD08874 Cattle Ld4 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle M/C C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle M/T C 1 0 0 1 0
012AD08874 Cattle Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle Pelvis 1 0 0 2 0
012AD08874 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Cattle Radius C 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Cattle Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Domestic goose Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Domestic goose Ulna 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Horse Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep M/C br 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Sheep M/T C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep M/T D 1 1 0 1 0
012AD08874 Sheep Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep Tibia D 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Atlas 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Axis 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Axis 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Axis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Humerus P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 1 1
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 1 1
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08874 Sheep/Goat Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Water vole Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08874 Wild/domestic goose Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08875 Pig Tibia P 1 0 0 0 0