012AD09260

Slot

Phasing

All of the objects from this feature were late Roman in date (one illegible coin and seven Romano-British pot sherds). This is one of a number of features which have the same alignment Click here to see a colour coded plan of the different alignments of features, following the line of the dry valley in a NNW-SSE orientation. These features are all either short slots, ditch segments, or lines of posts, with this being one of the short slots (grouped together as master number 012AD07233). The significance of these features is not yet fully understood, although the longer features appear to relate to a form of spatial control of the dry valley. No stratigraphic relationship with ditch 012AD07221 was established.

Discussion

The fill was a sandy loam (Munsell colour 10YR 4/3), with 10% chalk inclusions. Some charcoal and slight daub flecking was noted. Two large chalk blocks were noted in the south, one of which appeared to be slightly rounded. The fill contained quite a selection of animal bone species for such a small feature, including six cattle, four sheep/goat, pig, domestic goose and a cat bone.

The slot was cut into hillwash, with a U-shaped profile. It was slightly deeper at the northern end.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD09260 012AD09259   8 15  

012AD09259 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD09259 BRONZE ROMAN
1
  POTTERY 3-4C
7

012AD09259 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD09259 Cat
1
  Cattle
6
  Domestic goose
1
  Pig
1
  Sheep/Goat
4
  Small Mammal (Other)
1
  Wild/domestic goose
1

Context Details

012AD09260 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD09259 SLOT FILL LINEAR
222
48
20
 U-SHAPED CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE POTTERY AND ONE COIN. ALSO UNBURNT DAUB AND FE NAIL. CHARCOAL WITH SLIGHT DAUB FLECKING. TWO LARGE CHALK BLOCKS IN S-ONE ROUNDED.
012AD09260 SLOT CUT LINEAR
222
48
20
 U-SHAPED CUT INTO HILLWASH. LINEAR WITH U SHAPED PROFILE. N/S ORIENTED-DEEPER AT N END.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD09259 AA ROMAN BRONZE COIN    
1
012AD09259 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD09259 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD09259 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD BD ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD09259 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD09259 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD09259 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD09259 AH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD09259 Cat M/T C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD09259 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD09259 Cattle Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD09259 Cattle Horncore 1 0 0 1 0
012AD09259 Cattle Hyoid 1 0 0 0 1
012AD09259 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD09259 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD09259 Domestic goose Ulna 1 0 0 0 1
012AD09259 Pig Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD09259 Sheep/Goat Atlas 1 0 0 1 0
012AD09259 Sheep/Goat M/T C 1 0 0 0 1
012AD09259 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD09259 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD09259 Small Mammal (Other) Other 6 0 0 0 0
012AD09259 Wild/domestic goose Radius P 1 0 0 0 0