002DB00289

Grubenhaus

Grubenhaus Details
Length 304 Width 227  Depth 27 Ratio 1.33:1
Area  6.27 sq. metres Volume
Number of Posts 1
Highest Elevation Value  5391
Lowest Elevation Value 5364
Bearing  86 degrees
Structural Class
Material Culture Number of Objects 41 Number of Animal Bones 39 
Environmental 

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

A small east/west aligned Grubenhaus in the east of area 2DB. The structure is to the south of medieval furrow 002DB00156 and to the north of pit alignment 002DB00387. One post hole, in the west side, was discernible during excavation.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT FILLS VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
002DB00289 9 5
002DB00290 002DB00285 14 7
002DB00286  1 2
002DB00287  7 5
002DB00288  1 5
002DB00300  1 2
002DB00301  2 10
002DB00302  4 2
002DB00303  2 1
002DB00311 002DB00310

Object Totals by Material

002DB00285 Object Totals by Material

002DB00285 Charcoal 1
Fired Clay 1 
Flint 2 
Pottery 8  of which  Early Saxon  3 No Entry  2  Post Medieval 1 Roman  1
Stone 2 

002DB00286 Object Totals by Material

002DB00286 Pottery 1 Early Saxon 

002DB00287 Object Totals by Material

002DB00287 Charcoal 1
Pottery 5  of which  Early Saxon  1 Medieval 1  Neolithic 1 No Entry  1 Roman 1 
Stone 1 

002DB00288 Object Totals by Material

002DB00288 Stone 1

002DB00289 Object Totals by Material

002DB00289 Charcoal 1
Pottery 6  of which  Early Saxon  2 No Entry  3  Roman 1
Stone 1 
Unfired Clay 1 

002DB00300 Object Totals by Material

002DB00300 Pottery 1 Early Saxon 

002DB00301 Object Totals by Material

002DB00301 Coprolite 1
Iron 1

002DB00302 Object Totals by Material

002DB00302 Pottery 4 of which  Early Saxon 1 No Entry  3

002DB00303 Object Totals by Material

002DB00303 Pottery 1 Early Saxon 
Stone 1 

Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB00285 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB00285 Cattle 3
Pig 1
Sheep/goat 3 

002DB00286 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB00286 Cattle 2

002DB00287 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB00287 Cattle 2
Pig 1
Sheep/goat 2 

002DB00288 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB00288 Cattle 3
Sheep 1
Sheep/goat 1 

002DB0M289 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB0M289 Cattle 2
Dog 1
Sheep 1
Sheep/goat 1 

002DB00300 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB00300 Cattle 1
Sheep/goat 1 

002DB00301 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB00301 Cattle 7
Pig 2
Roe Deer 1 

002DB00302 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB00302 Pig 1
Sheep/goat 1 

002DB00303 Animal Bone Totals by Species

002DB00303 Sheep/goat 1

Structural Details

002DB00290 Section and Notes

002DB00290 South Facing Section


002DB00290 West Facing Section

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002DB00285 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR  134 124  9 FLAT  UPPER FILL OF S.E. QUAD. MOD CHALK <5CM THROUGHOUT. ROOT & BURROWED. DIPS DOWN SL TOWARDS CENTRE OF GRUB. SOME BLOWN SAND? SL DARKER THAN LWR FILL. 
002DB00286 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR  137 106  13 FLAT  STONEY UPPER FILL IN S.W. QUAD.MOD/FREQ ROUNDED&ANGULAR CHALK <6CM THROUGHOUT. OCCA FINE FLECKS CHARCOAL. SOME WINDBLOWN S. ROOTED & BURROWED. 
002DB00287 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR  168 131  11 FLAT  UPPER FILL IN N.W. QUAD. MOD ROUND&ANGULAR CHALK <8CM THROUGHOUT BUT CONCENTRATED IN CLUSTERS <40CM ACROSS. OCCA FLECKS CHARC <7MM. ROOT & BURROWED. 
002DB00288 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR  104 98  8 FLAT  UPPER FILL IN N.E. QUAD. OCCA/MOD ROUND&ANGULAR CHALK <4CM IN PATCHES THROUGHOUT. A FEW SMALL GRITTY PATCHES DUE TO BURROW. NOT V.DISTINCT FROM LWR FI 
002DB00290 GRUB CUT SUB-RECTANGULAR  325 248  27 WIDE U  STEEP EDGES ON LONG SIDES. MORE GENTLE ON SHORT SIDES WITH A STEP DOWN TO A CONCAVE BASE WITH SL UNDULATIONS. CUTS INTO A NAT PREDOMONANTLY OF CHALK. 
002DB00300 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR  135 120  12 FLAT  LOWER FILL IN S.E. QUAD. LESS STONEY THAN UPPR FILL: OCCA ROUND & ANGULAR CHALK <3CM. OCCA SMALL PATCHES DECAYED CHALK. OCCA FINE FLECKS CHARC. R&B. 
002DB00301 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR 151 102  16 FLAT  LOWER FILL IN S.W. QUAD.OCCA ROUND& ANGULAR CHALK<4CMTHROUGHOUT. OCCA SMALL PATCHES DECAYED CHALK. MOD CHARC ESP Nr INTERFACE WITH UPPER FILL. R&B. 
002DB00302 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR  172 126  15 FLAT  LOWER FILL IN N.W. QUAD. OCCA ROUND & ANGULAR CHALK <2CM THROUGHOUT. OCCA CHARC <4MM. INTERFACE WITH UPPR FILL NOT V. CLEAR BUT LWR IS GRITTIER . 
002DB00303 GRUB FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR  98 97  13 FLAT  LOWER FILL IN N.E. QUAD.V. FEW INCLS: OCCA ROUNDED CHALK <1.5CM. INTERFACE WITH ABOVE FILL HARD TO DISCERN BUT GENERALLY LESS STONEY:GRITTIER &LIGHTER 

002DB00311 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002DB00310 POST HOLE FILL OVATE  23 22  33 FLAT  FILL OF P.H. AT W. END OF GRUB. UPPER PART OF FILL MUCH LESS STONIER THAN LOWER-HERE =FREQ <1.5CM. NO EV OF P.PIPE OR PACKING. 
002DB00311 POST HOLE CUT OVATE  23 22  33 USHAPED  CUT OF P.H. SL OFF CENTRE AT W. END OF GRUB. STEEP SIDED WITH A CONCAVE BASE. CUTS INTO A NATURAL OF CHALK WITH SOME SAND. ONLY P.H. FOUND IN GRUB. 

Objects by Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
002DB00285 AD No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DB00285 AN EARLY SAXON  FIRED CLAY FIRED CLAY  3
002DB00285 AB LATE NEO/E.B.A.  FLINT SCRAPER  1
002DB00285 AC PREHISTORIC  FLINT FLAKE  1
002DB00285 AF EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN IV  1
002DB00285 AI EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERDS  STAMPED ANGLIAN III  2
002DB00285 AJ EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN II  1
002DB00285 AE No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DB00285 AM No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DB00285 AH POST MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  PM  1
002DB00285 AG ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  R-B  1
002DB00285 AL ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  ROMAN  1
002DB00285 AA No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  1
002DB00285 AK No Entry  STONE STONE SANDSTONE  1
002DB00286 AA EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERDS  ANGLIAN III  5
002DB00287 AA No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DB00287 AE EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  STAMPED ANGLIAN III  1
002DB00287 AC MEDIEVAL  POTTERY SHERD  ?MED  1
002DB00287 AF NEOLITHIC  POTTERY SHERD  ?NEO  1
002DB00287 AB No Entry  POTTERY SHERDS  8
002DB00287 AD ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  ?R-B  1
002DB00287 AG No Entry  STONE STONE  1
002DB00288 AA No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  1
002DB00289 AH No Entry  CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE  1
002DB00289 AI EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  STAMPED ANGLIAN III  1
002DB00289 AJ EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  GTW  1
002DB00289 AD No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DB00289 AE No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DB00289 AF No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DB00289 AA ROMAN  POTTERY SHERD  R-B  1
002DB00289 AB No Entry  STONE STONE  SANDSTONE  1
002DB00289 AG UNFIRED CLAY  ?LOOMWEIGHT 5  13
002DB00300 AA EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN IV  1
002DB00301 AA EARLY SAXON  COPROLITE COPROLITE  5
002DB00301 AB No Entry  IRON IRON FRAGMENT  1
002DB00302 AB EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERD  ANGLIAN III  1
002DB00302 AA No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DB00302 AC No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DB00302 AD No Entry  POTTERY SHERD  1
002DB00303 AA EARLY SAXON  POTTERY SHERDS  ANGLIAN II  3
002DB00303 AB No Entry  STONE STONE  1

Animal Bone By Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
002DB00285 Cattle LM3  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00285 Cattle Mandible  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00285 Cattle Skull fr  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00285 Pig Mandible  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00285 Sheep/goat Hyoid  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00285 Sheep/goat Ld4  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00285 Sheep/goat M/C fr  1 1  1 0  0
002DB00286 Cattle Ld4  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00286 Cattle M/T br  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00287 Cattle Phalanx 1  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00287 Cattle Skull fr  1 0  0 1  1
002DB00287 Pig Phalanx 2  1 0  0 1  0
002DB00287 Sheep/goat Mandible  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00287 Sheep/goat Tibia D  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00288 Cattle Femur fr  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00288 Cattle M/T P  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00288 Cattle Phalanx 2  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00288 Sheep Phalanx 1  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00288 Sheep/goat Radius fr  1 0  0 0  0
002DB0M289 Cattle Phalanx 2  1 0  0 0  0
002DB0M289 Cattle Phalanx 3  1 0  0 0  0
002DB0M289 Dog Phalanx 1  1 0  0 0  0
002DB0M289 Sheep Humerus D  1 0  0 1  0
002DB0M289 Sheep/goat M/T P  1 1  0 0  0
002DB00300 Cattle Astragalus  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00300 Sheep/goat Ulna  1 1  0 0  1
002DB00301 Cattle Astragalus  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00301 Cattle Phalanx 1  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00301 Cattle Phalanx 2  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00301 Cattle Phalanx 3  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00301 Cattle Phalanx 3  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00301 Cattle Radius P  1 0  0 1  1
002DB00301 Cattle Scapula  1 1  0 0  0
002DB00301 Pig Calcaneum  1 1  0 0  0
002DB00301 Pig Skull fr  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00301 Roe deer M/C C  1 1  0 0  0
002DB00302 Pig Occiput  1 0  0 0  0
002DB00302 Sheep/goat Mandible  1 0  0 0  1
002DB00303 Sheep/goat Mand fr  1 0  0 0  1