002CA00041

Grubenhaus

Grubenhaus Details
Length 379 Width 274  Depth 16 Ratio 1.4:1
Area  8 sq. m Volume
Number of Posts 2
Highest Elevation Value  5390
Lowest Elevation Value 5374
Bearing  76 degrees
Structural Class
Material Culture Number of Objects 68 Number of Animal Bones 10 
Environmental 

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

The easternmost of two Grubenhauser in the centre of area 2CA. This grubenhaus has many post holes around it (master 002CA07041), especially on the north and west sides, but their exact relationship is unknown. It is probable that the two post holes 002CA00542 and 002CA00544 (part of master 002CA07041), are in fact solution holes in the base of the Grubenhaus, together with solution hole 002CA00039 in the centre of the Grubenhaus (not drawn). The Grubenhaus contained relatively few finds including only ten animal bones.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT FILLS VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
002CA00041 002CA00002 002CA00003 59 4
002CA00291  5 6
002CA00292  4
POST HOLE 002CA00323 002CA00324
POST HOLE 002CA00343 002CA00344

Object Totals by Material

002CA00003 Object Totals by Material

002CA00003 Charcoal  17
Fired Clay 3 
Flint 4
Iron 1
Pottery 20  of which Prehistoric 1  Late Neo/EBA 1 Iron Age  1 Roman 6  Medieval 8 No Entry  3
Slag 2
Snail 1
Stone 10 

002CA00291 Object Totals by Material

002CA00291 Charcoal 2
Flint 1 
Pottery 1  Early Saxon
Worked Bone 1  Early Saxon

002CA00292 Object Totals by Material

002CA00292 Charcoal 1
Mineral 1 
Pottery 1  Early Saxon
Worked Bone 1  Early Saxon

Animal Bone Totals By Material

002CA00003 Animal Bone Totals By Material

002CA00003 Cattle 4

002CA00291 Animal Bone Totals By Material

002CA00003 Cattle 2
Horse 1
Sheep/goat 3 

Structural Details

002CA00002 Section and Notes

002CA00002 North Facing Section 

002CA00002 East Facing Section

002CA00002 Profile

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00002 GRUB CUT RECTANGULAR  372 278  15 WIDE U  E>W ALIGNED GRUB:IMM E GRUB 286 NEAR W LIMIT 2CA.CUT INTO NAT CHALK.V TRUNCATED.POST HOLES AT E & W ENDS SLIGHTLY >N OF GRUB:S CENTRAL AXIS. 
002CA00003 GRUB FILL RECTANGULAR  372 278  15 FLAT  FILL NW & SE QUADS TRUNCATED GRUB 2:NEAR W LIMIT 2CA.DUG 1986:NE & SW QUADS(#:S 291:2) DUG 1987.MOD FREQ SMALL CHALK (<6cm).BONE COMB SE QUAD. 
002CA00291 GRUB FILL RECTANGULAR  199 122  14 FLAT  SOLE FILL SW QUAD:TRUNCATED E>W GRUB IN CHALK:W SIDE 2CA.HALF EXCAVATED IN 1986.BONE COMMON:SMALL FRAGS CHARCOAL THROUGHOUT:LITTLE DAUB. 
002CA00292 GRUB FILL RECTANGULAR  175 125  16 FLAT  SOLE FILL NE QUADRANT TRUNCATED E>W GRUB IN CHALK:W SIDE 2CA:HALF-EXC 1986.SEALS PH 343:NO TRACE OF THIS DISCOVERED ABOVE BASE OF CUT. 
002CA00323 Section and Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00323 POST HOLE CUT AMORPHOUS  35 25  20 VERT.SIDE F.BASE  POST HOLE AT E END GRUB M89.?FORMING 2-POST ARRANGEMENT ON EDGE OF GRUB:NOT DISTINGUISHED UNTIL GRUB FILL REMOVED.AXIAL PH FOR 2ndARY GRUB 500? 
002CA00324 POST HOLE FILL AMORPHOUS  35 25  20 FLAT  FILL OF POST HOLE AT E END GRUB M89:SW CORNER 2CA.SMALL CHALK THROUGHOUT:LARGE CHARCOAL INCL BASALLY BUT NO POST PIPE.EASTMOST PH FOR 2ndARY GRUB 500? 
002CA00343 Section and Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CA00343 POST HOLE CUT ROUND  25 25  43 USHAPED  E END AXIAL POST HOLE IN GRUB M41:W SIDE 2CA.SIDES OF TIGHT-PACKED ROUNDED CHALK.LARGER THAN CORRESPONDING PH 323 AT W END GRUB:& ENTIRELY WITHIN CUT. 
002CA00344 POST HOLE FILL ROUND  25 25  43 FLAT  LOAMY SAND FILL OF PH AT E END OF GRUB M41:W SIDE 2CA.HAS VERY FEW INCLS.CONTAINED 2 ANIMAL BONES IN TOP 15cm.NOT DISTURBED. 

Objects by Context

KEY_ID OBCODE PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
002CA00003 AA ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  R-B  1
002CA00003 AN No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 AQ No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 AR No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 AS No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BB No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BC No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BD No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BE No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BH No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BO No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BP No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BQ No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BR No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BU No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BY No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 CC No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 CD No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 BW EARLY SAXON  FIRED CLAY LOOM WEIGHT  FIRED CLAY LOOM WEIGHT  1
002CA00003 AG No Entry  FIRED CLAY FIRED CLAY FRAG  1
002CA00003 BJ No Entry  FIRED CLAY CLAY FRAGMENT  FIRED CLAY  1
002CA00003 AH PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLINT CHIP  1
002CA00003 AT PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  1
002CA00003 BI PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  1
002CA00003 BT PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  1
002CA00003 AP No Entry  IRON NAIL FRAGMENT  IRON NAIL  1
002CA00003 BA IRON AGE  POTTERY SHERD  FTW  1
002CA00003 AF LATE NEO/E.B.A.  POTTERY SHERD  ?NEO 1
002CA00003 AA MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002CA00003 AB MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002CA00003 AC MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002CA00003 AV MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002CA00003 AX MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002CA00003 AZ MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002CA00003 BM MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002CA00003 CA MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  ?MED  1
002CA00003 AI No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002CA00003 AL No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002CA00003 BK No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002CA00003 AW PREHISTORIC  POTTERY SHERD  1
002CA00003 AD ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  LOCAL R-B  1
002CA00003 AE ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  ?R-B  1
002CA00003 AJ ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  LOCAL R-B  1
002CA00003 AK ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  ?R-B  1
002CA00003 AU ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  ?ROMAN  1
002CA00003 CF ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  ?ROMAN  1
002CA00003 AM No Entry  SLAG SLAG FRAGMENT  IRON SLAG  1
002CA00003 BG No Entry  SLAG SLAG FRAGMENT  ?IRON SLAG  1
002CA00003 BF No Entry  SNAIL SNAIL SAMPLE  1
002CA00003 AO No Entry  STONE COAL FRAGMENTS  6
002CA00003 AY No Entry  STONE COKE FRAGMENT  1
002CA00003 BL No Entry  STONE NAT.IRON  1
002CA00003 BN No Entry  STONE NAT.IRON  1
002CA00003 BS No Entry  STONE PEBBLE  QUARTZ  1
002CA00003 BV No Entry  STONE STONE FRAGMENTS  RED CHALK  5
002CA00003 BX No Entry  STONE COKE FRAGMENT  1
002CA00003 BZ No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002CA00003 CB No Entry  STONE COKE FRAGMENT  1
002CA00003 CE No Entry  STONE STONE FRAGMENTS  RED CHALK  4
002CA00291 AA No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00291 AD No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00291 AE PREHISTORIC  FLINT BLADE FRAGMENT  DISTAL 1
002CA00291 AC EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN III  1
002CA00291 AB EARLY SAXON  WORKED BONE COMB TOOTH  1
002CA00292 AD No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002CA00292 AC No Entry  MINERAL FOSSIL  BIVALVE  1
002CA00292 AA EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN III  1
002CA00292 AB EARLY SAXON  WORKED BONE THREAD BEATER  BONE 1

Animal Bone By Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
002CA00003 Cattle Mandible  1 0  0 0  1
002CA00003 Cattle Mandible  1 0  0 0  1
002CA00003 Cattle Mandible  1 0  0 0  1
002CA00003 Cattle Hyoid  1 0  0 0  0
002CA00291 Cattle Hyoid  1 0  0 0  0
002CA00291 Cattle Phalanx 1  1 0  0 0  0
002CA00291 Horse Calcaneum  1 1  0 0  0
002CA00291 Sheep/goat Tibia br  1 0  0 0  0
002CA00291 Sheep/goat Mandible  1 0  0 0  1
002CA00291 Sheep/goat M/C C  1 0  0 0  0