012AD00763

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  857 Maximum Width 55 Maximum Depth 15 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 11 Number of Animal Bones 21
Environmental       

Phasing

Although the only diagnostic material culture from the ditch were three Roman pot sherds, this feature is much more likely to be Anglian in date, as it is similar in form to many of the Anglian ditches in this area.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

      012AD00830       
             
      012AD00831       
             
  012AD00833           
             
             
  012AD00762          
             
  012AD00763           
             
             
      012AD007228       

Discussion

This was a slightly curvilinear ditch, cut by both 012AD00833 (a redefinition of this ditch on the same alignment) and by 012AD00831, a later event. The only fill was a dark (Munsell colour 10YR 3/2) sandy loam, with 5% chalk inclusions. A little daub and charcoal flecking was noted, with 4 samples of burnt daub collected.  Animal bones recovered were predominantly sheep/goat followed by cattle, with only a single pig bone found.

The ditch was cut into hillwash, with a slightly round-based V profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD00763 012AD00762   11 21  

012AD00762 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD00762 DAUB
4
  IRON  
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
2
  POTTERY ROMAN
1
  STONE  
2

012AD00762 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD00762 Cattle
9
  Pig
1
  Sheep
4
  Sheep/Goat
7

Context Details

012AD00763 SectionS and Notes


 
 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00762 DITCH FILL CURVILINEAR
630
55
15
 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL. BONE POTTERY IRON NAIL FOUND. A LITTLE DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING.5% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 5CM. CUT BY DITCH 832/3 AND DITCH 830/1.
012AD00763 DITCH CUT CURVILINEAR
630
55
15
 U-SHAPED DITCH CUT. CUT INTO HILLWASH OF 25% CHALK INCLUSIONS. CUT BY DITCH 830/1 AND LOT 832. CURVES PARALLEL TO 832/3 AND BUTTS BEFORE 816/7.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD00762 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00762 AB   STONE STONE   SANDSTONE
1
012AD00762 AC DAUB BURNT DAUB    
1
012AD00762 AD DAUB BURNT DAUB    
1
012AD00762 AE DAUB BURNT DAUB    
1
012AD00762 AF   STONE STONE    
4
012AD00762 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00762 AH   FLINT FLINT FRAGMENT NATURAL  
1
012AD00762 AI   IRON IRON NAIL    
1
012AD00762 AJ DAUB BURNT DAUB    
1
012AD00762 AK ROMAN POTTERY SHERD    
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00762 Cattle Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Cattle M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Cattle Pelvis 1 0 0 1 1
012AD00762 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00762 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Cattle Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Pig M/T P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00762 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep/Goat Pelvis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00762 Sheep/Goat Radius C 1 0 0 0 0