012AD08635

Pit

Phasing

The only diagnostic material culture recovered were three late Romano-British potsherds. The pit cut through the narrow slot 012AD08867.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

      012AD08634      012AD08822       
                   
      012AD08635      012AD08823       
                   
                   
                   
                   
  012AD08866              012AD08824   
                   
  012AD08867              012AD08825   
                   

Discussion

The pit was excavated as though it had a single, uniform fill, although the section drawing indicates that there were two fills, a primary fill with very few chalk inclusions, and an upper fill with around 5% chalk inclusions. The fill was a sandy loam (Munsell 10YR 4/3). The majority (58%) of the animal bones recovered were of sheep/goat, with pig, horse, cattle and hare represented by a small number of bones.

The pit was cut into hillwash, with regular sides and an almost flat base.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD08635 012AD08634   3 24  

012AD08634 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD08634 Cattle
2
  Hare spp.
2
  Horse
3
  Pig
3
  Sheep
1
  Sheep/Goat
13

Context Details

012AD08635 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD08634 PIT FILL ROUND
123
125
43
 VERT.SIDE F.BASE CONTAINED ROMAN POT SHERD. ALSO ANIMAL BONE AND FRAGMENT OF SLAG. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING. UNIFORM FILL.
012AD08635 PIT CUT ROUND
123
125
43
 VERT.SIDE F.BASE CUT INTO HILLWASH. ALMOST ROUND-SLIGHTLY OVATE WITH REGULAR FLAT BASE AND STRAIGHT SIDES.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD08634 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08634 AB 4C? POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08634 AC 4C? POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bones

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD08634 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 0 0 1 1
012AD08634 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Hare spp. Femur D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Hare spp. Pelvis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Horse Femur fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08634 Horse Pelvis fr 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08634 Horse Ulna 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Pig Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Pig Tibia P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Pig U Canine 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep Horncore 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Femur br 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Femur D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Tibia P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08634 Sheep/Goat Tibia P 1 0 0 0 0