002CB02599

Enclosure Ditch
 

Phasing

Discussion

A large Z shaped ditch of probable Romano-British date. Mainly aligned north-west/south-east, the ditch turns east/west after 5 m for approximately 5.8 m. The total length of the original ditch is approx. 47.65 m with evidence of a re-cut (002CB00501) which extended the length to over 49.7 m, presuming the rest of the ditch remained operational. The maximum width is approximately 1.5 m. The maximum depth recorded for any excavated segment is 61cm. It is likely to be associated with similar ditches in vicinity - Masters 002CB00229, 002CC00271, 002CC01846, 002CC01859 and 002CC01866.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
002CB02599 002CB00451 002CB00452 2
002CB00459  8 13
002CB00482  6
002CB02629 
002CB00501 002CB00502 4 1
002CB00509 002CB00510 2 4
002CB02626 
002CB02627 
002CB01575 002CB01576 4 2
002CB01577  4 6
002CB02628 002CB01560 1 1



Objects Totals by Material

002CB00452 Objects Totals by Material

002CB00452 Pottery 1 Bronze Age
Stone 1

002CB00459 Objects Totals by Material

002CB00459 Pottery 3 of which  Iron Age 1 No Entry 1
Stone 4
Flint 1

002CB00502 Objects Totals by Material

002CB00502 Pottery 4 of which  Roman 1 Early Saxon 1 Medieval 3

002CB00510 Objects Totals by Material

002CB00510 Pottery 2 of which  Roman 1 No Entry 1

002CB01560 Objects Totals by Material

002CB01560 Pottery 1 Roman

002CB01576 Objects Totals by Material

002CB01576 Pottery 4 Roman

002CB01577 Objects Totals by Material

002CB01577 Pottery 3 of which Prehistoric 1 Roman 1 Medieval 1
Stone 1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

002CB00459 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002CB00459 Cattle  10
Sheep/goat 2 
Pig 1 

002CB00482 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002CB00482 Cattle 4 
Sheep/goat 1 
Horse 1 

002CB00502 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002CB00502 Cattle 1 

002CB00510 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002CB00510 Cattle 1 
Sheep/goat 3 

002CB01560 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002CB01560 Cattle 1 

002CB01576 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002CB01576 Cattle 2 

002CB01577 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002CB01577 Cattle 6 

Structural Details

MASTER 002CB02599

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CB02599 MASTER LINEAR  3800 160  55 VSHAPED  MASTER CONTEXT FOR N.-S. RUNNING R.B. DITCH ON GRAVEL: 4 SEGMENTS CUT THROUGH THIS. TRUNCATED FROM ABOVE BY MACHINE & SHOVEL. 

 

002CB00451 Section and Notes 

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CB00451 DITCH CUT LINEAR SEG.  300 156  61 WIDE V  CUT OF DITCH SEGMENT: BASE OF :V: REASONABLY FLAT: SIDES SLIGHTLY RIDGED- THIS DUE TO EDGE SLUMPAGE. 
002CB00452 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  300 156  12 CONCAVE  UPPER FILL OF DITCH SEGMENT: LAYS MAINLY IN W. SIDE OF DITCH. FREQ GRAVEL < 2 CM. TRUNCATED FROM ABOVE BY MACHINE & SHOVEL. 
002CB00459 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  300 138  29 CONCAVE  FILL OF DITCH SEGMENT:GRAVEL FORMS < 50% OF CONTEXT. IN N.E. CONTEXT IS AT SURFACE & THEREFORE TRUNCATED BY MACHINE & SHOVEL. 
002CB00482 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  300 96  30 CONCAVE  FILL OF DITCH SEGMENT: QUITE SIMILAR TO 459 BUT LESS GRAVELLY: MOD CHALK < 7 CM. 
002CB02629 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  300 47  13 CONCAVE  PRIMARY FILL OF DITCH SEGMENT: LAYS AT BASE - RISING PART WAY UP E. EDGE OF DITCH. MOST OF CONTEXT IS SAND WITH FINE GRAVEL. 

002CB00501 Section and Notes 

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CB00501 DITCH CUT LINEAR SEG.  250 100  34 USHAPED  CUT FOR SMALL APPENDAGE DITCH IMMEDIATELY S. OF LARGE R.B. DITCH. EDGES QUITE SMOOTH-LITTLE EV OF SLUMPAGE. LATER THAN LARGE DITCH TO N. 
002CB00502 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  250 50  34 CONCAVE  FILL OF SMALL APPENDAGE DITCH :TACKED: ONTO S. OF LARGE R.B. DITCH. MOD GRAVEL INCLUSIONS. TRUNCATED FROM ABOVE BY MACHINE & SHOVEL. 

002CB00509 Section and Notes 

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CB00509 DITCH CUT LINEAR SEG.  300 126  43 WIDE U  CUT FOR DITCH SEGMENT: MORE :U: SHAPED THAN OTHER SEGMENTS OF SAME DITCH: FEW SIDE RIDGES INDICATING SLUMPAGE. TRUNCATED ABOVE BY MACHINE & SHOVEL. 
002CB00510 DITCH FILL No entry  300 62  11 CONCAVE  UPPER FILL OF DITCH: MOD-FREQ GRAVEL < 3CM. LAYS AT W. EDGE OF DITCH. TRUNCATED FROM ABOVE BY MACHINE & SHOVEL. 
002CB02626 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  300 113  32 CONCAVE  FILL OF DITCH SEGMENT: GRAVEL FORMS 40-50% OF CONTEXT: TRUNCATED ABOVE BY MACHINE & SHOVEL AT E. SIDE. 
002CB02627 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  300 89  12 CONCAVE  PRIMARY FILLING OF DITCH: UP TO 50% OF FILL IS FINE GRAVEL FINER THAN THAT OF 2626 ). OCCA CHALK < 4 CM. CONTEXT RISES UP E. EDGE. 

002CB01575 Section and Notes 

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CB01575 DITCH CUT LINEAR SEG.  300 159  57 WIDE V  CUT OF DITCH SEGMENT: SIDES RELATIVELY SMOOTH-LITTLE EV OF SIDE SLUMP: BASE OF DITCH RELATIVELY FLAT: SIDES SLPOE GENTLY. TRUNCATED ABOVE. 
002CB01576 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  300 159  34 CONCAVE  UPPER FILL OF DITCH SEGMENT: FREQ GRAVEL < 3 CM.: CONTAINS A SUBSTANTIAL LENSE OF GRAVEL ( < 80 % GRAVEL) * SEE SECTION. TRUNCATED ABOVE-MACHINE. 
002CB01577 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  300 88  23 CONCAVE  PRIMARY FILLING OF DITCH: FREQ FINE GRAVEL < 2 CM. A NUMBER OF V. FINE LENSES OF FINE GRAVEL NOTICEABLE IN SECTION. 

002CB02628 Section and Notes 

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002CB02628 DITCH CUT GRID DEFINED  40 27  27 WIDE V  CUT FOR DITCH SEGMENT AT S. END OF R.B. DITCH. RELATIVELY SHALLOW IT THIS END. CUT BY SMALL DITCH? APPENDAGE TO IMMEDIATE S. 
002CB01560 DITCH FILL GRID DEFINED  81 38  25 CONCAVE  FILL OF DITCH SEGMENT AT S. END OF R.B. DITCH. TRUNCATED FROM ABOVE BY MACHINE & SHOVEL: CUT BY SMALL DITCH EXTENSION TO SOUTH. 

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB  PERIOD  MATERIAL TYPE  SUB_TYPE CLASS  NO 
002CB00452 AA No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002CB00452 AB BRONZE AGE  POTTERY SHERD  BEAKER  1
002CB00459 AA No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002CB00459 AB PREHISTORIC  FLINT BLADE  1
002CB00459 AC No Entry  STONE COKE FRAGMENT  1
002CB00459 AD IRON AGE  POTTERY SHERD  ?IA 1
002CB00459 AE No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002CB00459 AF No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002CB00459 AG No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  1
002CB00459 AH No Entry  STONE STONE  FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE  2
002CB00502 AA EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ?ANGLIAN III  1
002CB00502 AB ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  R-B  1
002CB00502 AC MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  GREEN GLAZED MED  1
002CB00502 AD MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  ?MED  1
002CB00510 AA No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002CB00510 AB ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  R-B  1
002CB01560 AA ROMAN  POTTERY SHERDS  ?R-B  5
002CB01576 AA ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  GREY WARE  1
002CB01576 AB ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  R-B  1
002CB01576 AC ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  R-B  1
002CB01576 AD ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  ?R-B/ANGLIAN  1
002CB01577 AA PREHISTORIC  POTTERY SHERD  FTW  1
002CB01577 AB ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  GREY WARE  1
002CB01577 AC MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002CB01577 AD No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  2

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT  QUANT CHEW  BURN BUTCH  FBRK
002CB00459 Cattle Radius br  1 1  0 0  1
002CB00459 Cattle Mand fr  1 0  1 0  0
002CB00459 Cattle M/T D  1 1  0 1  1
002CB00459 Cattle Humerus D  1 0  0 0  1
002CB00459 Cattle Radius D  1 1  0 0  1
002CB00459 Cattle Mand fr  1 1  0 1  1
002CB00459 Cattle Tibia D  1 0  0 0  1
002CB00459 Cattle Humerus D  1 1  0 1  0
002CB00459 Cattle Femur P  1 1  0 1  1
002CB00459 Cattle Radius P  1 1  0 1  1
002CB00459 Sheep/goat Tibia D  1 1  0 0  1
002CB00459 Sheep/goat LM3  1 0  0 0  1
002CB00459 Pig L Canine  1 0  0 0  1
002CB00482 Cattle Phalanx 2  1 1  0 0  1
002CB00482 Cattle Phalanx 1  1 0  0 0  1
002CB00482 Cattle Pelvis  1 0  0 0  1
002CB00482 Cattle Occiput  1 1  0 0  1
002CB00482 Sheep/goat Humerus D  1 0  0 0  0
002CB00482 Horse Tibia D  1 0  0 0  0
002CB00502 Cattle Tibia D  1 1  0 0  0
002CB00510 Cattle Phalanx 1  1 0  0 0  1
002CB00510 Sheep/goat M/C P  1 1  0 0  1
002CB00510 Sheep/goat M/C P  1 1  0 0  1
002CB00510 Sheep/goat M/C D  1 1  0 0  1
002CB01560 Cattle Astragalus  1 1  0 1  0
002CB01576 Cattle Occiput  1 1  0 1  1
002CB01576 Cattle Axis 1 1  0 0  1
002CB01577 Cattle Horncore  1 0  0 0  1
002CB01577 Cattle Occiput  1 1  0 0  1
002CB01577 Cattle Humerus P  1 1  0 0  1
002CB01577 Cattle Tibia D  1 1  0 0  1
002CB01577 Cattle N.Cuboid  1 1  0 1  0
002CB01577 Cattle Phalanx 1  1 1  0 0  0