West Heslerton: Anglian Settlement: Structural CatalogueWest Heslerton: Anglian Settlement: Structural Catalogue

002DA00149

Grubenhaus

Grubenhaus Details
Length	321	Width	271	Depth	35	Ratio	1.18:1
Area	8.04 sq. m	Volume
Number of Posts	0
Highest Elevation Value	5266
Lowest Elevation Value	5231
Bearing	75.5 degrees
Structural Class
Material Culture	Number of Objects	62	Number of Animal Bones			181
Environmental

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

A Grubenhaus in the east of area 2DA. This structure is to the south/east of similar structure 002DA00152. No post holes were discernible during excavation.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER	CUT	FILLS	VOLUME	OBJECTS	AN BONE	DENSITY
002DA00149				12	23
	002DA00151	002DA00150		26	96
		002DA00163		24	62

Object Totals by Material

002DA00149 Object Totals by Material

002DA00149	Pottery	5	of which	Early Saxon	2	No Entry	2	Prehistoric	1
	Stone	5
	Unfired Clay	1
	Worked Bone	1

002DA00150 Object Totals by Material

002DA00150	Charcoal	1
	Flint	2
	Human Bone	1
	Iron	1
	Pottery	8	of which	Early Saxon	3	Medieval	1	No Entry	2	Roman	2
	Stone	5
	Unfired Clay	5
	Worked Bone	3

002DA00163 Object Totals by Material

002DA00163	Flint	1
	Human Bone	1
	Iron	2
	Pottery	4	of which	Early Saxon	2	Prehistoric	1	Roman	1
	Shell	1
	Stone	7
	Unfired Clay	8

Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DA00149 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DA00149	Cattle	11
	Horse	1
	Pig	1
	Sheep	2
	Sheep/goat	8

002DA00150 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DA00150	Cattle	54
	Dog	1
	Horse	5
	Pig	7
	Red Deer	1
	Sheep	4
	Sheep/goat	24

002DA00163 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DA00163	Cattle	32
	Horse	1
	Pig	10
	Sheep	2
	Sheep/goat	17

Structural Details

002DA00151 Section and Notes

002DA00151 South Facing Section

002DA00151 West Facing Section

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES

002DA00150 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR 325 280 20 FLAT DARK HUMIC/ORGANIC FILL. V. FEW CHALK INCLS < 8CM. MUCH BONE:SL DARKER THAN LOWER FILL. BURROWED. SIMILAR TO FILL OF M 152 ADJACENT TO N.

002DA00151 GRUB CUT SUB-RECTANGULAR 325 280 35 WIDE U STEEPISH SIDES WITH UNDULATING BASE. SL TRUNCATED ABOVE BY MACHINE. CUTS INTO A NAT OF SAND & GRAVEL. BURROWED. DEEPER AT W. THAN AT E.

002DA00163 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR 318 270 15 UNDULATING PRIMARY FILL OF GRUB. SL LIGHTER THAN 150 ABOVE THOUGH INTERFACE NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR. BURROWED: V. FEW FINE STONE INCLS. APPEARS TO STAIN NATURAL BENEA

Objects by Context

KEY_ID	OB	PERIOD	MATERIAL	TYPE	SUB_TYPE	CLASS	No
002DA00149	AB	EARLY SAXON	POTTERY	SHERD		ANGLIAN III	1
002DA00149	AI	EARLY SAXON	POTTERY	SHERD		ANGLIAN	1
002DA00149	AH	No Entry	POTTERY	SHERD		ANGLIAN III	1
002DA00149	AL	No Entry	POTTERY	SHERD			1
002DA00149	AK	PREHISTORIC	POTTERY	SHERD		FTW	1
002DA00149	AA	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
002DA00149	AC	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
002DA00149	AF	No Entry	STONE	STONE		SANDSTONE	1
002DA00149	AG	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
002DA00149	AJ	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
002DA00149	AE	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY			2
002DA00149	AD	EARLY SAXON	WORKED BONE	BONE PIN			1
002DA00150	CH	No Entry	CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
002DA00150	AH	No Entry	FLINT	FLINT CHIP		LOCAL FLINT	1
002DA00150	AL	PREHISTORIC	FLINT	BLADE			1
002DA00150	CP	No Entry	HUMAN BONE	BONE	PELVIS	INFANT	1
002DA00150	AA	No Entry	IRON	IRON NAIL			1
002DA00150	AF	EARLY SAXON	POTTERY	SHERD		ANGLIAN III	1
002DA00150	CK	EARLY SAXON	POTTERY	SHERD		?ANGLIAN III	1
002DA00150	CL	EARLY SAXON	POTTERY	SHERD		ANGLIAN III	1
002DA00150	AO	MEDIEVAL	POTTERY	SHERD		MED	1
002DA00150	AI	No Entry	POTTERY	SHERD			1
002DA00150	AK	No Entry	POTTERY	SHERD			1
002DA00150	AJ	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMAN	1
002DA00150	CQ	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMAN/MED	1
002DA00150	AB	No Entry	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
002DA00150	AC	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
002DA00150	AM	No Entry	STONE	LAVA	NIEDERMENDIG		1
002DA00150	AN	No Entry	STONE	STONE		NAT IRON	1
002DA00150	CM	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
002DA00150	AG	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY		?LOOMWEIGHT	1
002DA00150	CG	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY		?LOOMWEIGHT	1
002DA00150	CI	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY	?LOOMWEIGHT		2
002DA00150	CJ	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY	?LOOMWEIGHT		3
002DA00150	CO	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY	?LOOMWEIGHT		1
002DA00150	AD	EARLY SAXON	WORKED BONE	COMB FRAGMENT	TEETH SECTION	COMPOSITE COMB	1
002DA00150	AE	EARLY SAXON	WORKED BONE	BONE PIN			1
002DA00150	CN	EARLY SAXON	WORKED BONE	PIN BEATER	BONE		1
002DA00163	BD	PREHISTORIC	FLINT	FLINT FRAGMENT			1
002DA00163	BT	No Entry	HUMAN BONE	BONE	JAW	INFANT	1
002DA00163	BN	No Entry	IRON	IRON PIN			1
002DA00163	BV	No Entry	IRON	IRON FRAGMENT			1
002DA00163	BL	EARLY SAXON	POTTERY	SHERD		?ANGLIAN III	1
002DA00163	BM	EARLY SAXON	POTTERY	SHERDS		ANGLIAN III	2
002DA00163	BO	PREHISTORIC	POTTERY	SHERD			1
002DA00163	BH	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		R-B	1
002DA00163	AA	No Entry	SHELL	SHELL		OYSTER	1
002DA00163	BC	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
002DA00163	BE	No Entry	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
002DA00163	BF	No Entry	STONE	STONE		SANDSTONE	1
002DA00163	BG	No Entry	STONE	STONE			1
002DA00163	BI	No Entry	STONE	STONE		SILTSTONE	1
002DA00163	BJ	No Entry	STONE	STONE			2
002DA00163	BK	No Entry	STONE	STONE	FOSSILIFEROUS	SANDSTONE	1
002DA00163	AZ	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY			5
002DA00163	BA	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY	?LOOMWEIGHT		3
002DA00163	BB	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY	?LOOMWEIGHT		2
002DA00163	BP	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY	?LOOMWEIGHT		1
002DA00163	BQ	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY			1
002DA00163	BR	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY			1
002DA00163	BS	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	UNFIRED CLAY	?LOOMWEIGHT		1
002DA00163	BU	EARLY SAXON	UNFIRED CLAY	LOOMWEIGHT	UNFIRED CLAY		1

Animal Bone By Context

KEY_ID	SPECIES	ELEMENT	QUANT	CHEW	BURN	BUTCH	FBRK
002DA00149	Cattle	Humerus D	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00149	Cattle	Humerus P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00149	Cattle	M/T br	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00149	Cattle	M/T D	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00149	Cattle	M/T P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00149	Cattle	N.Cuboid	1	0	0	1	0
002DA00149	Cattle	Pelvis	1	1	0	2	1
002DA00149	Cattle	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00149	Cattle	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00149	Cattle	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00149	Cattle	Ulna	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00149	Horse	Occiput	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00149	Pig	M/T C	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00149	Sheep	Atlas	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00149	Sheep	Radius P	1	1	0	1	0
002DA00149	Sheep/goat	Astragalus	1	0	0	1	0
002DA00149	Sheep/goat	Ld4	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00149	Sheep/goat	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00149	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	1	0
002DA00149	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00149	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00149	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00149	Sheep/goat	Tibia D	1	0	1	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Astragalus	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Atlas	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Axis	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Axis	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Axis	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Femur D	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Femur D	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Femur D	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Femur P	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Femur P	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Femur P	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Horncore	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Humerus D	1	1	0	2	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Humerus D	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Ld4	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	LM3	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	M/C D	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	M/T P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Mand fr	1	0	0	1	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Mand fr	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Mand fr	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Occiput	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Pelvis	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Pelvis	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	1	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Radius fr	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Radius P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Sacrum	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Scapula	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Scapula	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Skull fr	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Skull fr	1	1	0	1	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Tibia br	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Cattle	Tibia P	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Tibia P	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Tibia P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Tibia P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Ulna	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00150	Cattle	Ulna	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00150	Dog	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Horse	Humerus br	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00150	Horse	Scapula	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Horse	Scapula	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Horse	Scapula	1	1	0	1	1
002DA00150	Horse	Scapula	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Pig	Humerus br	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00150	Pig	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Pig	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Pig	Mandible	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00150	Pig	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Pig	Radius C	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00150	Pig	Tibia D	1	0	1	0	0
002DA00150	Red deer	Femur P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep	Astragalus	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep	Radius C	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep	Scapula	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Astragalus	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Axis	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Femur D	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Humerus P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Humerus P	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	M/C br	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	M/T br	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Pelvis	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Radius C	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Radius D	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Radius D	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Sacrum	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Tibia D	1	1	0	1	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Tibia D	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Tibia P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00150	Sheep/goat	Ulna	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Cattle	Atlas	1	1	0	1	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Atlas	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Cattle	Calcaneum	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Femur D	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Femur fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Cattle	Femur fr	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Femur P	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00163	Cattle	Humerus D	1	0	0	1	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	M/T D	1	0	1	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	M/T P	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Cattle	Mandible	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	N.Cuboid	1	0	0	1	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 2	1	1	0	0	1
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Radius P	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Scapula	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Tibia fr	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Cattle	Tibia P	1	0	0	1	0
002DA00163	Cattle	Ulna	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Cattle	Ulna	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00163	Horse	Occiput	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Pig	Calcaneum	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Pig	Femur D	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Pig	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Pig	Pelvis	1	0	0	1	1
002DA00163	Pig	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Pig	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Pig	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Pig	Radius C	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Pig	Sacrum	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Pig	Tibia C	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep	Radius P	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Sheep	Scapula	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Axis	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	M/C P	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	M/podial	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	M/podial	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	M/T P	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	M/T P	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Patella	1	0	1	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	1
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Radius br	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Radius D	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Tibia br	1	1	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Tibia P	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Tibia P	1	0	0	0	0
002DA00163	Sheep/goat	Ulna	1	0	0	0	0

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
002DA00150	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	325	280	20	FLAT	DARK HUMIC/ORGANIC FILL. V. FEW CHALK INCLS < 8CM. MUCH BONE:SL DARKER THAN LOWER FILL. BURROWED. SIMILAR TO FILL OF M 152 ADJACENT TO N.
002DA00151	GRUB CUT	SUB-RECTANGULAR	325	280	35	WIDE U	STEEPISH SIDES WITH UNDULATING BASE. SL TRUNCATED ABOVE BY MACHINE. CUTS INTO A NAT OF SAND & GRAVEL. BURROWED. DEEPER AT W. THAN AT E.
002DA00163	GRUB FILL	SUB-RECTANGULAR	318	270	15	UNDULATING	PRIMARY FILL OF GRUB. SL LIGHTER THAN 150 ABOVE THOUGH INTERFACE NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR. BURROWED: V. FEW FINE STONE INCLS. APPEARS TO STAIN NATURAL BENEA