012AD05456

Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  334 Maximum Width 130 Maximum Depth 24 Profile V-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 17 Number of Animal Bones 4
Environmental       

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

           
012AD05445        012AD05230   
           
           
           
           
           
           
  012AD05455    012AD05315    012AD05317 
    =       
  012AD05456    012AD05316    012AD05318 
           
           
           
012AD05499           
           
012AD05500           
           

Discussion

A short segment of north-south aligned ditch originally believed to be part of ditch 012AD07223. However, excavation demonstrated that this was a separate event, located just to the east. Very little material was recovered from the fill (a sandy silty loam Munsell 10YR 4/3). Of the 17 finds, 15 were late Roman potsherds. The ditch was not observed to continue on the ground, nor does the geophysics survey show it as being any longer, so it may be that this is just a short recut of ditch 012AD07223.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD05316 012AD05315   2 0  
012AD05446 012AD05445   4 1  
012AD05456 012AD05455   11 3  

012AD05455 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD05455 POTTERY 2-4C 1
POTTERY 3-4C 8
STONE   1
WORKED STONE?   1

Context Details

012AD05316 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05315 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
120
130
24
 V-SHAPED FILL OF N-S DITCH. POSS. =5297. CUT BY 5034. SMALL HALF SECTION ONLY EXCAVATED. BETWEEN 5 AND 15% CHALK. POSS. 2 PARALLEL FEATURES.
012AD05316 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR SEG.
120
130
24
 UNDULATING CUT OF N-S DITCH. POSS. =5298. CUT BY 5034. SMALL HALF SECTION ONLY EXCAVATED. POSS. 2 PARALLEL FEATURES. ROUGH CUT INTO VERY CHALKY HILLWASH MATERIAL.

012AD05446 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05445 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
170
290
20
 V-SHAPED FILL OF DITCH SEG. PROVED TO BE THE FILL OF TWO SEPARATE DITCHES 5453 AND 5455. EDGES VERY ELUSIVE. 20% CHALK.
012AD05446 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR SEG.
170
290
20
 V-SHAPED INITIALLY GIVEN AS CUT OF DITCH SEG. PROVED TO BE TWO SEPARATE DITCHES SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED WITH THEIR OWN NUMBERS. 

012AD05456 Profile and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD05455 DITCH FILL LINEAR SEG.
180
60
21
 V-SHAPED FILL OF N-S DITCH CUT INTO BASE OF 5445/6. RATHER DIMINUTIVE FEATURE. 20% CHALK WITH OCCASIONAL CHARCOAL FLECKS.
012AD05456 DITCH CUT LINEAR SEG.
180
60
21
 V-SHAPED CUT OF N-S DITCH CUT INTO BASE OF 5445/6. RATHER DIMINUTIVE FEATURE. VERY SHALLOW.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD05315 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05315 AB 2-4C POTTERY SHERD J   1
012AD05445 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05445 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD OPEN? ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05445 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05445 AD 2-4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD   1
012AD05455 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JCUR ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05455 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05455 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JKNAP ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05455 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05455 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AD05455 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J   1
012AD05455 AG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J   1
012AD05455 AH   STONE STONE   LIMESTONE? 1
012AD05455 AI 2-4C POTTERY SHERD J   1
012AD05455 AJ   WORKED STONE? QUERN FRAGMENT? SANDSTONE   1
012AD05455 AK 3-4C POTTERY SHERD BD ROMANO-BRITISH 1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD05445 Cattle Femur br 1 0 0 0 1
012AD05455 Cattle Horncore 1 0 0 0 0
012AD05455 Pig M/T P 1 1 0 0 0
012AD05455 Sheep M/T br 1 1 0 0 0