012AF00020 and 012AF00007

Clay-lined Pit and Burnt Daub deposit

Discussion

A small, shallow clay-lined pit. The fill was a sandy clay loam (sticky texture, Munsell 10YR5/3), with 20% chalk inclusions, and contained eight late Roman potsherds and two unidentified animal bone fragments. The clay lining indicates a water storage function.

A burnt daub deposit was found next to the pit, extending out to the east. Defining the extent of the daub deposit revealed six abraded late Roman potsherds, one of them burnt, and a single animal bone.

Stratigraphic Sequence Diagram

                         
           012AF00002               
                         
  012AF00022    012AF00015    012AF00021    012AF00026    012AF00007    012AF00023   
                         
  012AF00003                    012AF00020   
                         
  012AF00016                       
                         

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AF000020 012AF00023   8 0   
BURNT DAUB 012AF00007   6 1  

Context Details

012AF00020 Section and Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AF00023 PIT FILL RECTANGULAR
107
137
16
 UNDULATING FILL OF SMALL CLAY-LINED PIT. CONTAINED 2 ANIMAL BONES AND SOME SHERDS OF ROMAN POT.
012AF00020 PIT LINING RECTANGULAR
145
129
3
   CLAY LINING OF SMALL RECTANGULAR PIT.
012AF00007 LAYER COMPLEX
233
117
9
 IRREGULAR
 RED DAUB DEPOSIT WITH BURNT RED CHALK. MAY BE HEARTH DEPOSIT. CONTAINED A SHERD OF BURNT POT.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AF00007 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AF00007 AB 4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD  
1
012AF00007 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AF00007 AD 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AF00007 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AF00007 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AF00023 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JCURS ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AF00023 AB 4C POTTERY SHERDS    
2
012AF00023 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AF00023 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AF00023 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JB  
1
012AF00023 AG 4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD  
1
012AF00023 AH 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AF00023 AI 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bones

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AF00007 Cattle M/T P 1 0 0 0 0