012AD08331

Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  497 Maximum Width 79 Maximum Depth 32 Profile Wide-V
Material Culture Number of Objects 9 Number of Animal Bones 30
Environmental       

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

     
  012AD08332   
     
  012AD08331   
     
   
  012AD08357  
     
  012AD08358  

Discussion

A short segment of ditch on the same north-south alignment as 012AD08016 immediately to the west and 012AD08467 some 60 cm to the east. The only statigraphic relationship was with east west aligned ditch 012AD08538, which was cut by this feature. Relatively few objects were recovered, with four out of the five sherds being parts of later Roman cooking pots. The majority (19) of animal bones recovered were cattle, together with 9 sheep/goat and a single pig pelvis. Only three of the cattle bones showed evidence of butchery marks, compared with four of the sheep/goat bones.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD08331 012AD08332   9 30  

012AD08332 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD08332 CHARCOAL  
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
3
  POTTERY L2-3?
2
  STONE  
3

012AD08332 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD08332 Amphibian spp.
1
  Cattle
19
  Pig
1
  Sheep
1
  Sheep/Goat
8

Context Details

012AD08331 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD08331 DITCH CUT LINEAR
497
79
32
 WIDE V CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. LINEAR WITH SHALLOW V SHAPED PROFILE. CUTS DITCH 8357/8358. IS CUT BY DITCH 8013/8014.
012AD08332 DITCH FILL LINEAR
497
79
32
 WIDE V CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND A FEW SHERDS OF POTTERY. ALSO ONE PIECE OF CHARCOAL. NO DAUB.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD08332 AA L2-3? POTTERY SHERD CP?  
1
012AD08332 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD CP?  
1
012AD08332 AC L2-3? POTTERY SHERD CPM302  
1
012AD08332 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERDS CP?  
7
012AD08332 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08332 AF   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD08332 AG   STONE STONE    
1
012AD08332 AH   STONE STONE    
4
012AD08332 AI   STONE STONE   RED SANDSTONE
1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD08332 Amphibian spp. Other 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 1 1
012AD08332 Cattle Atlas 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Humerus D 1 1 0 1 0
012AD08332 Cattle M/C C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle M/T C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle M/T D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08332 Cattle Pelvis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Radius P 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Scapula 1 1 0 0 1
012AD08332 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Cattle Ulna 1 0 0 1 0
012AD08332 Cattle Ulna 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Pig Pelvis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Sheep Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Sheep/Goat M/T P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08332 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08332 Sheep/Goat Occiput 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08332 Sheep/Goat Pelvis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08332 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08332 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0