Shows location of spit 2CB24 in relation to the rest of Site 2

002CB00024     Spit


 
Spit Details
Length 1600 Width 1500 Depth 4
Area  251.49 sq. m Volume
Material Culture Number of Objects 54 Number of Animal Bones 5
Environmental 

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

                              002CB00001             
                                           
               002CB00002               002CB00063     002CB00080   002CB01534  
                                           
  002CB00012   002CB00021    002CB00024   002CB00037   002CB00039   002CB00040   002CB00038                
                                           
                                           
                                           
                      002CB00250                    
                                           
              002CB01275   002CB00890       002CB02347    002CB00462            
                                           
                              002CB00513   002CB00514        

The matrix diagram above shows all of the spits in Area 2CB indicating their relationship to each other. Click on the spit number which you wish to see in more detail. The bold, flashing (Netscape browser only) context indicates the current catalogue entry.

Discussion

This was one of seven gridded spits (with 002CB00012, 002CB00021, 002CB00037, 002CB00038, 002CB00039 and 002CB00040), excavated (by trowel in 1986) to clean the buried soils on the southern edge of the gravel fan. The material removed was a sandy loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/4), with small angular chalk inclusions. It cleaned down to a dirty chalk layer (002CB00244) and layer 002CB00033. Finds included a Roman coin (Valentinian I - AD 367-375), and an Anglian iron knife blade. Due to a fault in the three-dimensional recording, 23 of the finds were given incorrect co-ordinates, and are not represented in the distribution plot above.

002CB00024 Object Totals by Period and Material

 

002CB00024 Animal Bone Totals by Species

 

Context Details

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CB00024 GRIDDED SPIT RECTANGULAR
2000
1000
4
 FLAT INITIAL CLEAN OF DIRTY CHALK 244. SITUATED IN N MOST PART OF S EXTENSION OF CB CLEANED IN 1986. NUMEROUS SMALL. ANGULAR CHALK FRAGMENTS PRESENT IN LAYER.

Objects

 

Animal Bones