002CA00271

Round House


 
Round House Details
Length max. 400 Width max. 350 
Area 11.6 sq. m.  Ratio 1.1:1 (of max. length to max. width) 
Number of Posts 19 Deepest 22  002CA00265 and 002CA00267 and 002CA00439  Shallowest 3  002CA00259 Average 15
Highest Elevation Value  5362 002CA00245 and 002CA00247 
Lowest Elevation Value 5350 002CA00259 and 002CA00261 
Interior Divisions Two internal post holes of indeterminate function. 
Doorways Unclear.
Repairs
Structural Class
Material Culture Number of Objects 7  Number of Animal Bones 1 
Environmental 

Phasing

Discussion

A possible round house structure situated on a chalk knoll in the western part of area 2CA. Its location only 2 metres south of the pit alignment (002CA00165) may also be significant. Sub-circular in shape, the structure consists of irregular post holes often with fills resembling solution material. It is possibly associated with a line of small post holes to the south which could be interpreted as a fence line (002CA00477).

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT FILLS VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
002CA00271 4
002CA00243 002CA00244
002CA00245 002CA00246 1
002CA00247 002CA00248
002CA00249 002CA00250 1
002CA00251 002CA00252
002CA00253 002CA00254
002CA00255 002CA00256
002CA00257 002CA00258
002CA00259 002CA00260 1
002CA00261 002CA00262
002CA00263 002CA00264
002CA00265 002CA00266
002CA00267 002CA00268
002CA00269 002CA00270
002CA00439 002CA00440
002CA00441 002CA00442 1
002CA00443 002CA00444
002CA00445 002CA00446

Structural Details

002CA00243 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00243 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  111 44  27 WIDE V  POSS PH OF ROUND HOUSE:W PART 2CA.ALIGNED NW-SE AND DEEPER THAN OTHERS.SIDES ALMOST VERTICAL.STEP TO S AND DEEPER AND WIDER AT N. 
002CA00244 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  111 44  27 FLAT  FILL PROB PH OF ROUND HOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.SOME GRAVEL INCLS BUT NO FINDS.BASE (AS EXCAV) IN ORANGE HILLWASH/SILTY SAND. 


002CA00245 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00245 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  65 36  17 VSHAPED  PROB PH:W SIDE OF ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.N-S ALIGNED.CUT IN CHALK WITH STEEP SIDES:BASE IN ?SOLN MATERIAL. 
002CA00246 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  65 36  17 FLAT  FILL PROB PH IN W SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.VERY FEW INCLS:CLAY/SILT CONTENT INCREASING TOWARDS BASE.NO TRACE OF POST PIPE. 

002CA00247 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00247 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  55 40  13 VERT.SIDE F.BASE  PROB PH W SIDE OF ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.N-S ALIGNED AND CUT ENTIRELY INTO CHALK WITH VERTICAL SIDES AND SLIGHTLY UNDULATING BASE. 
002CA00248 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  55 40  13 FLAT  FILL OF PROB PH W SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.HIGHER CHALK CONTENT THAN ADJACENT PH:S BUT NO POST PIPE.SL INCREASE IN CLAY CONTENT TOWARDS BASE. 

002CA00249 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00249 POST HOLE CUT ROUND  34 33  11 FLAT BASED V  PROBABLE POST HOLE S SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.STEEP SIDES AND FLAT BASE IN NAT CHALK.NO RELATIONSHIP TO ADJACENT 257. 
002CA00250 POST HOLE FILL ROUND  34 33  11 FLAT  FILL OF PROBABLE PH IN S SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.OCC GRAVEL INCLS:NO FINDS. 

002CA00251 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00251 POST HOLE CUT ROUND  40 40  14 USHAPED  POST HOLE CUT INTO NATURAL. ONE OF THE POST HOLES IN A POSSIBLE ROUND HOUSE. 
002CA00252 POST HOLE FILL ROUND  40 40  14 No entry  FILL OF ?PH IN POSS ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.DENSITY OF CHALK INCLS HIGHER THAN IN MOST OTHER ?PH:S HERE:BUT NO TRACE OF POST PIPE. 

002CA00253 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00253 ?NAT CUT ROUND  24 20  11 USHAPED  CUT OF ?PH IN S SIDE ?ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.NEAR CIRCULAR AND SMALL IN COMPARISON TO OTHERS ADJACENT.PROBABLY A SOLN HOLE. 
002CA00254 ?NAT FILL ROUND  24 20  11 FLAT  FILL OF POSS PH OF ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.OCCASIONAL NATURAL FLINT INCLS.NO TRACE OF POST PIPE. 

002CA00255 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00255 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  50 39  19 VERT.SIDE F.BASE  CUT OF POSS PH OF ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.E-W ALIGNED.CUT INTO TIGHTLY PACKED AND ROUNDED CHALK.VERTICAL SIDES (LESS SO TO S) AND FLAT BASE. 
002CA00256 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  50 39  19 FLAT  FILL OF POSS PH IN ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.ALMOST INCLUSION-FREE.NO POST PIPE 

002CA00257 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00257 POST HOLE CUT ROUND  26 31  10 VERT.SIDE F.BASE  CUT OF POSS POST HOLE IN S SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W AREA 2CA.VERTICAL SIDES/FLAT BASE IN CHALK.RELATIONSHIP TO ADJACENT ?PH 249 NOT DETERMINED. 
002CA00258 POST HOLE FILL ROUND  26 31  10 FLAT  FILL POSS PH IN S SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.SOME GRAVEL INCLS:MOST NEAR TOP.APPEARS GENUINE.NO TRACE OF POST PIPE:NO FINDS OR CHARCOAL PRESENT. 

002CA00259 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00259 POST HOLE CUT ROUND  28 20  3 USHAPED  POSS PH SE SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.SHALLOW:CUT NAT CHALK.RELATIONSHIP TOCUT 261 IMM >N NOT DETERMINED. 
002CA00260 POST HOLE FILL ROUND  28 20  3 FLAT  FILL POSS POST HOLE:SE SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.OCC GRAVEL INCLS:AND 1 FLINT FLAKE FOUND.NO POST PIPE. 

002CA00261 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00261 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  40 46  11 FLAT BASED V  POSS POST HOLE IN E SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.CUTS NAT CHALK WITH STEEP SIDES AND FLAT BASE.RELATIONSHIP TO ADJACENT ?PH 259 NOT DETERMINED. 
002CA00262 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  40 46  11 FLAT  FILL OF POSS POST HOLE IN E SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.SMALL INCLS OF NAT FLINT/GRAVEL THROUGHOUT.NO FINDS:NO POST PIPE. 

002CA00263 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00263 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  30 26  11 FLAT BASED V  POSS POST HOLE IN SE SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.ALIGNED N-S.CUT INTO NAT CHALK;45-DEGREE SLOPE TO NEARLY FLAT BASE. 
002CA00264 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  30 26  11 FLAT  FILL POSS POST HOLE IN ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.SOME GRAVEL INCLS:2 BONES/DAUBFOUND.NO POST PIPE IDENTIFIED. 

002CA00265 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00265 POST HOLE CUT ROUND  44 42  22 USHAPED  PROB POST HOLE:SE SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.NEAR-VERTICAL SIDES OF ABRADEDCHALK:BASE IN ?SOLN MATERIAL:THIS LATTER NOT DUG. 
002CA00266 POST HOLE FILL ROUND  44 42  22 FLAT  FILL OF ?POST HOLE IN ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.NEARLY INCLUSION-FREE:NO FINDS OR CHARCOAL.NO POST PIPE COULD BE SEEN. 

002CA00267 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00267 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  44 42  22 WIDE U  POSS POST HOLE:NW SIDE ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.E-W ALIGNED:PRONOUNCED BULGE AT E END MAYBE A SOLN HOLE.SIDES OF ANGULAR CHALK:BASE IN HILLWASH. 
002CA00268 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  73 52  18 FLAT  FILL OF ?POST HOLE:NW SIDE ROUNDHOUSE.INCLUSION-FREE:NO FINDS OR CHARCOAL PRESENT.NO POST PIPE IDENTIFIED. 

002CA00269 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00269 ?NAT CUT OVATE  29 18  11 VSHAPED  ?POST HOLE:NW SIDE ROUNDHOUSE.ALIGNED N>S:SECTIONED E>W.CUT INTO NAT CHALK.UNUSUALLY SMALL FOR THIS PART OF ?FEATURE:?SOLUTION HOLE. 
002CA00270 ?NAT FILL OVATE  29 18  11 FLAT  FILL OF ?POST HOLE:NW PART ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.FEW INCLS:NO FINDS OR CHARCOAL.NO POST PIPE COULD BE SEEN.PROBABLY A NATURAL FEATURE. 

002CA00439 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00439 UNDEF CUT ROUND  37 30  22 FLAT BASED U  CUT OF POSS PH OF ROUND HOUSE.NEAR VERTICAL SIDES AND FLAT BASE:BUT ACTUAL BASE NOT REACHED.IN ALL RESPECTS A SOLN HOLE BUT POSS FORMED BELOW FEATURE. 
002CA00440 UNDEF FILL ROUND  37 30  22 FLAT  FILL OF POSS PH OF ROUND HOUSE.SOME GRAVEL INCLS AND FILL IS SLIGHTLY MORE RED TOWARDS TOP.NO TRACE OF POST PIPE.PROB A SOLN HOLE. 

002CA00441 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00441 ?NAT CUT OVATE  29 22  19 USHAPED  ?SOLUTION HOLE IN E SIDE ?ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.SIDES OF NATURAL CHALK FRAGS.NAT FEATURE FORMED BELOW TRUNCATED POST HOLE? 
002CA00442 UNDEF FILL OVATE  29 22  19 FLAT  FILL ?SOLUTION HOLE IN E SIDE ?ROUNDHOUSE:W PART 2CA.INCLUSION-FREE:SOME SILT IN MATRIX.NO FINDS. 

002CA00443 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00443 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  60 37  10 FLAT BASED V  ?POST HOLE IN ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.N>S ALIGNED.SHALLOW SIDES:FLAT CHALK BASE.SLIGHTLY DEEPER AT S END.EASTERN OF 2 PROB INTERNAL PH:S. 
002CA00444 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  60 37  10 FLAT  FILL ?INTERNAL POST HOLE IN ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.NO FINDS BUT MORE SMALL CHALK INCLS THAN IN MOST ADJACENT ?FEATURES.NO TRACE OF POST PIPE. 

002CA00445 Section and Notes


KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00445 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  45 43  15 WIDE U  TRUNCATED ?POST HOLE:WESTMOST OF 2 PROB INTERNAL POST HOLES IN ?ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.V SIMILAR TO 443 IMM >E BUT LARGER. 
002CA00446 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  45 43  15 FLAT  FILL OF WESTMOST INTERNAL ?POST HOLE IN ?ROUNDHOUSE:W SIDE 2CA.NO FINDS OR TRACE OF POST PIPE.FILL ALMOST INCLUSION-FREE. 

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OBJ PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
002CA00245 AA MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD YELLOW GLAZED  MED 1
002CA00249 AA No Entry  STONE STONE 1
002CA00260 AA PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE 1
002CA00271 AA PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE 1
002CA00271 AB PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE CORE PREP  1
002CA00271 AC No Entry  STONE STONE 1
002CA00271 AD EARLY SAXON  FIRED CLAY FIRED CLAY 1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
002CA00441 Cattle Scapula  1 0 0 0 1