West Heslerton: Anglian Settlement Structural Catalogue

011AE07141

Ditch

Ditch Details
Length	655	Maximum Width	202	Maximum Depth	55	Profile	U shaped
Material Culture	Number of Objects	43	Number of Animal Bones			61
Environmental

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

Unlike most of the other ditches in the enclosure complex (apart from 011AE00396 which lies immediately to the west), this ditch clearly terminated here and did not continue around in a curve to the east. No definite Anglian objects were recovered from this feature, although burnt daub was present in the upper fill (011AE00386, Munsell 10/YR/44). A red daub layer (011AE00431, Munsell 25/YR/34) lay immediately underneath the upper fill. The majority of finds came from the darker primary fill (011AE00434, Munsell 10/YR/33).

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER	CUT	FILL	VOLUME	OBJECTS	AN BONE	DENSITY
011AE07141	011AE00387	011AE00386		14	11
		011AE00431		5	12
		011AE00434		12	34
	011AE00392	011AE00391		12	4

011AE00386 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID	MATERIAL	PERIOD	No
011AE00386	DAUB	Unassigned	3
	SLAG	Unassigned	1
	FLINT	PREHISTORIC	2
	POTTERY	ROMAN	3
	CHARCOAL	Unassigned	1
	POTTERY	Unassigned	2
	STONE	Unassigned	2

011AE00391 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID	MATERIAL	PERIOD	No
011AE00391	DAUB	Unassigned	1
	POTTERY	MEDIEVAL	1
	POTTERY	ROMAN	2
	FIRED CLAY	Unassigned	1
	POTTERY	Unassigned	3
	STONE	Unassigned	4

011AE00431 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID	MATERIAL	PERIOD	No
011AE00431	POTTERY	ANGLIAN	1
	POTTERY	Unassigned	2
	STONE	Unassigned	2

011AE00434 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID	MATERIAL	PERIOD	No
011AE00434	COPPER ALLOY	ANGLIAN	1
	FLINT	PREHISTORIC	2
	POTTERY	ROMAN	4
	IRON	Unassigned	1
	POTTERY	Unassigned	1

011AE00386 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011AE00386	Cattle	7
	Goat	1
	Pig	1
	Sheep/Goat	2

011AE00391 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011AE00391	Cattle	1
	Domestic fowl	1
	Sheep/Goat	2

011AE00431 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011AE00431	Cattle	7
	Pig	1
	Sheep/Goat	4

011AE00434 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011AE00434	Cat	2
	Cattle	12
	Goat	1
	Horse	1
	Sheep	3
	Sheep/Goat	15

Context Details

011AE00387 Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011AE00386	DITCH FILL	LINEAR SEG.	655	202	42	WIDE U	UPPER DITCH FILL. FINDS OF BONE AND POTTERY. FILL HAS 5% CHALK INCLUSIONS
011AE00387	DITCH CUT	LINEAR SEG.	655	202	42	WIDE U	DITCH CUT SIDES CONTAIN UP TO 20% CHALK INCLUSIONS 4CM T0 0. 1 IN SIZE.
011AE00391	DITCH FILL	No entry	0	0	0	No entry	ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE A PIT. ON FURTHER EXCAVATION THIS TURNED OUT TO BE PART OF DITCH 387. FINDS WERE LIFTED UNDER THIS NUMBER.
011AE00392	DITCH CUT	No entry	0	0	0	No entry	ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE A PIT THIS TURNED OUT TO BE DITCH
011AE00431	DITCH FILL	LINEAR SEG.	655	202	42	WIDE U	DITCH FILL. FINDS OF BONE AND POTTERY. FILL CONTAINED 2 TO 3% CHALK INCLUSIONS.
011AE00434	DITCH FILL	LINEAR SEG.	610	80	10	WIDE U	PRIMARY DITCH FILL. FINDS OF BONE AND POTTERY. STICKY LAYER WITH UP TO 15% CHALK GRAVEL INCLUSIONS. SIZES 2CM TO 0. 3CM.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID	OB	PERIOD	MATERIAL	TYPE	SUB_TYPE	CLASS	No
011AE00386	AK	Unassigned	CHARCOAL	CHARCOAL SAMPLE			1
011AE00386	AE	ANGLIAN	DAUB	BURNT DAUB			1
011AE00386	AJ	ANGLIAN	DAUB	BURNT DAUB			4
011AE00386	AN	ANGLIAN	DAUB	BURNT DAUB			1
011AE00386	AA	PREHISTORIC	FLINT	FLAKE			1
011AE00386	AF	PREHISTORIC	FLINT	FLINT FRAGMENT			1
011AE00386	AD	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		GREY WARE	1
011AE00386	AG	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011AE00386	AI	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011AE00386	AB	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011AE00386	AM	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011AE00386	AL	Unassigned	SLAG	SLAG		IRON SLAG	1
011AE00386	AC	Unassigned	STONE	PEBBLE			1
011AE00386	AH	Unassigned	STONE	STONE			1
011AE00391	AE	ANGLIAN	DAUB	BURNT DAUB?
011AE00391	AL	Unassigned	FIRED CLAY	FIRED CLAY			1
011AE00391	AI	MEDIEVAL	POTTERY	SHERD		MEDIEVAL	1
011AE00391	AA	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMAN?	1
011AE00391	AG	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		GREY WARE	1
011AE00391	AB	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011AE00391	AC	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011AE00391	AF	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011AE00391	AD	Unassigned	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
011AE00391	AH	Unassigned	STONE	STONE		RED CHALK	1
011AE00391	AJ	Unassigned	STONE	PEBBLE			2
011AE00391	AK	Unassigned	STONE	PEBBLE			1
011AE00431	AD	ANGLIAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ANGLIAN III	1
011AE00431	AA	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1
011AE00431	AE	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERDS			2
011AE00431	AB	Unassigned	STONE	STONE		LIMESTONE?	1
011AE00431	AC	Unassigned	STONE	PEBBLE			1
011AE00434	AH	ANGLIAN	COPPER ALLOY	C/A FRAGMENTS			2
011AE00434	AE	PREHISTORIC	FLINT	FLAKE			1
011AE00434	AF	PREHISTORIC	FLINT	FLAKE			1
011AE00434	AA	Unassigned	IRON	IRON NAIL			1
011AE00434	AC	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011AE00434	AD	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011AE00434	AG	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH?	1
011AE00434	AI	ROMAN	POTTERY	SHERD		ROMANO-BRITISH	1
011AE00434	AB	Unassigned	POTTERY	SHERD			1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID	SPECIES	ELEMENT	QUANT	CHEW	BURN	BUTCH	FBRK
011AE00386	Cattle	Axis	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00386	Cattle	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00386	Cattle	Humerus D	1	1	0	0	0
011AE00386	Cattle	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00386	Cattle	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00386	Cattle	N.Cuboid	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00386	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00386	Goat	Horncore	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00386	Pig	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00386	Sheep/Goat	Humerus br	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00386	Sheep/Goat	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00391	Cattle	Femur D	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00391	Domestic fowl	Scapula	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00391	Sheep/Goat	Radius D	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00391	Sheep/Goat	Radius P	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00431	Cattle	Axis	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00431	Cattle	Humerus P	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00431	Cattle	LM3	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00431	Cattle	M/T br	1	1	0	0	0
011AE00431	Cattle	Mandible	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00431	Cattle	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00431	Cattle	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00431	Pig	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00431	Sheep/Goat	LM3	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00431	Sheep/Goat	M/T P	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00431	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00431	Sheep/Goat	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Cat	Humerus C	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cat	Ulna	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cattle	Atlas	1	1	0	1	0
011AE00434	Cattle	Mandible	1	1	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cattle	Mandible	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cattle	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Cattle	Mandible	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cattle	N.Cuboid	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cattle	Pelvis	1	0	0	1	1
011AE00434	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cattle	Phalanx 1	2	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cattle	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cattle	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Cattle	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Goat	Horncore	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Horse	Tibia D	1	0	0	1	0
011AE00434	Sheep	Horncore	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Sheep	Horncore	1	0	0	1	0
011AE00434	Sheep	Horncore	1	0	0	1	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	Axis	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	M/T C	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	M/T D	1	1	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	M/T D	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	M/T P	1	1	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	1	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	Radius br	1	0	0	0	0
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	Radius P	1	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	Tibia D	2	0	0	0	1
011AE00434	Sheep/Goat	Tibia D	1	1	0	0	1