002DA00028

Grubenhaus

Grubenhaus Details
Length 293 Width 252  Depth 55 Ratio 1.16:1
Area  6.72 sq. metres Volume
Number of Posts 2
Highest Elevation Value  5310
Lowest Elevation Value 5255
Bearing  73 degrees
Structural Class
Material Culture Number of Objects 96 Number of Animal Bones 22 
Environmental 

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

A regularly shaped small Grubenhaus in the north of area 2DA. The structure was moderately deep for its small size and the sides were fairly steep It contained two post holes.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT FILLS VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
002DA00028 14 7
002DA00042 1
002DA00029  81 15
002DA00031 
POST HOLE 002DA00061 002DA00049
POST HOLE 002DA00300 002DA00299

Object Totals by Material

002DA00028 Object Totals by Material

002DA00028 Charcoal  3
Flint 1 
Pottery 5  of which Early Saxon 1  No Entry 2 Prehistoric  2
Stone 5 

002DA00029 Object Totals by Material

002DA00029 Bronze  1
Charcoal 10 
Coprolite 1 
Flint 7 
Human Bone 1 
Iron 1
Pottery 39  of which Early Saxon 10  Iron Age 3 Medieval  4 Neolithic 1  No Entry 14 Prehistoric  4 Roman 3 
Slag 1
Stone 19 
Worked Stone 1 

002DA00042 Object Totals by Material

002DA00042 Stone  1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DA00028 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DA00028 Cattle 6
Sheep/goat 1 

002DA00029 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DA00029 Cattle 9
Pig 3
Sheep 2
Sheep/goat 1 

Structural Details

002DA00042 Section and Notes

002DA00042 South Facing Section 

002DA00042 West Facing Section

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002DA00029 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR  285 264  13 USHAPED  LAYER OF WIND-BLOWN SAND. HEAVILY ROOTED AND BURROWED. NO INCLUSIONS. FEW FINDS. UPPER FILL - COVERS ENTIRE PLAN AREA OF GRUB. 
002DA00039 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR  289 247  32 FLAT BASED U  BURNT LAYER CONTAINING LARGE NO. OF FINDS: MAINLY BONE AND POTTERY. SMALL NO. OF LARGE CHALK INCLUTIONS <10CM. HEAVILY ROOTED AND BURROWED. 
002DA00042 GRUB CUT SUB-RECTANGULAR  300 250  55 VERT.SIDE F.BASE  ROOTED AND BURROWED. SMALL GRUB BUT VERY DEEP IN RELATION TO ITS SIZE. EDGES GENERALLY QUITE STEEP. CUTS INTO SAND & GRAVEL. SL TRUNCATED ABOVE. 

002DA00061 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002DA00049 POST HOLE FILL ROUND  28 27  27 VERT.SIDE U.BASE  ROOTED AND BURROWED. NO FINDS EXCEPT VERY SMALL PIECES OF C/COAL AT BOTTOM OF POST HOLE. CHALK INCLUTIONS <5% <5CM. 
002DA00061 POST HOLE CUT ROUND  28 27  27 VERT.SIDE U.BASE  ROOTED AND BURROWED. NO FINDS EXCEPT C/COAL AT INTERFACE BETWEEN 49 AND 61. 

002DA00300 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002DA00299 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  19 18  23 U-SHAPED OCCASIONAL ROUNDED AND ANGULAR CHALK <2CM. --4 LARGE PIECES OF BURNT S/STONE--POSSIBLE USED AS A PACKING? VERY SMALL. ROOT AND BURROW DISTURBED.
002DA00300 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  19 18  23 U-SHAPED  STEEP SIDES. NEAR . U. BASE. APPROX IN CENTRAL LOCATION AT E. END BUT SITUATED APPROX 30 CM AWAY FROM GRUB EDGE( AND THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OVERCUT).

Objects by Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
002DA00028 AA No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00028 AB No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00028 AC No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00028 AK PREHISTORIC  FLINT BLADE FRAGMENT  MEDIAL 1
002DA00028 AN EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN III  1
002DA00028 AJ No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00028 AL No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00028 AD PREHISTORIC  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00028 AE PREHISTORIC  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00028 AF No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002DA00028 AG No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002DA00028 AH No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  1
002DA00028 AI No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  1
002DA00028 AM No Entry  STONE STONE BLOCK  SANDSTONE  1
002DA00029 AX EARLY SAXON  BRONZE BRONZE FRAGMENT  ?BINDING  1
002DA00029 AA No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00029 AW No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00029 BT No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00029 CC No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00029 CN No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00029 CP No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  LARGE PIECE 1
002DA00029 CQ No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  LARGE PIECE 1
002DA00029 CS No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00029 DA No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00029 DC No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DA00029 CZ EARLY SAXON  COPROLITE COPROLITE  1
002DA00029 AM PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  CORE PREP 1
002DA00029 AO PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  1
002DA00029 AR PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  1
002DA00029 BC PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  1
002DA00029 BJ PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  1
002DA00029 BR PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  1
002DA00029 CA PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  RETOUCHED 1
002DA00029 CY No Entry  HUMAN BONE BONE  1
002DA00029 CX No Entry  IRON IRON OBJECT  1
002DA00029 AD EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN III  1
002DA00029 AF EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ?ANGLIAN I  1
002DA00029 AS EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ?ANGLIAN I  1
002DA00029 AV EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN V  1
002DA00029 AY EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  +ORGANIC ANGLIAN III  1
002DA00029 AZ EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ?ANGLIAN II  1
002DA00029 BM EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN III  1
002DA00029 BY EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERDS  ANGLIAN I  3
002DA00029 BZ EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN I  1
002DA00029 CB EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ?ANGLIAN III  1
002DA00029 AL IRON AGE  POTTERY SHERD  FTW  1
002DA00029 BO IRON AGE  POTTERY SHERD  ?IA  1
002DA00029 CJ IRON AGE  POTTERY SHERD  ?IA  1
002DA00029 BH MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002DA00029 BK MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002DA00029 BU MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002DA00029 BX MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  MED  1
002DA00029 AI NEOLITHIC  POTTERY SHERD  ?NEOLITHIC  1
002DA00029 AC No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 AJ No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 AQ No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BA No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BD No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BE No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BG No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BI No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BL No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BN No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BS No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BV No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 CD No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 CO No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 AK PREHISTORIC  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 AN PREHISTORIC  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DA00029 BQ PREHISTORIC  POTTERY SHERD  FTW  1
002DA00029 CK PREHISTORIC  POTTERY SHERD  FTW  1
002DA00029 AH ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  GREY WARE  1
002DA00029 CV ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  R-B  1
002DA00029 CW ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  GREY WARE  1
002DA00029 AP No Entry  SLAG SLAG FRAGMENT  IRON SLAG  1
002DA00029 AB No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  1
002DA00029 AE No Entry  STONE CINDER  1
002DA00029 AG No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  1
002DA00029 AT No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002DA00029 AU No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002DA00029 BF No Entry  STONE CINDER  1
002DA00029 BP No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002DA00029 BW No Entry  STONE COKE FRAGMENT  1
002DA00029 CE No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002DA00029 CF No Entry  STONE COKE FRAGMENT  1
002DA00029 CG No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002DA00029 CH No Entry  STONE COAL FRAGMENT  1
002DA00029 CI No Entry  STONE STONE  RED CHALK  1
002DA00029 CL No Entry  STONE CINDER  1
002DA00029 CM No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  1
002DA00029 CR No Entry  STONE STONE  RED CHALK  1
002DA00029 CT No Entry  STONE COKE FRAGMENT  1
002DA00029 CU No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002DA00029 DB No Entry  STONE COKE FRAGMENT  1
002DA00029 BB NEOLITHIC  WORKED STONE AXE FRAGMENT  GREENSTONE POLISHED AXE  1
002DA00042 AA No Entry  STONE STONE  1


Animal Bone By Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
002DA00028 Cattle Femur br  1 1  0 0  0
002DA00028 Cattle Mand fr  1 1  0 1  1
002DA00028 Cattle Pelvis  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00028 Cattle Phalanx 1  1 0  0 0  0
002DA00028 Cattle Skull fr  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00028 Sheep/goat M/C D 1 0  0 0  0
002DA00029 Cattle Astragalus  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00029 Cattle M/T br  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00029 Cattle M/T P  1 0  0 1  0
002DA00029 Cattle Mand fr  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00029 Cattle Mandible  1 1  0 0  1
002DA00029 Cattle Pelvis  1 1  0 0  0
002DA00029 Cattle Phalanx 1  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00029 Cattle Phalanx 3  1 0  0 0  0
002DA00029 Cattle Ulna  1 1  0 0  1
002DA00029 Pig LM3  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00029 Pig M/C P  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00029 Pig M/podial  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00029 Sheep Astragalus  1 0  0 1  0
002DA00029 Sheep Tibia P  1 0  0 0  1
002DA00029 Sheep/goat Phalanx 1  1 0  1 0  0