012AD008665

Ditch


 
 
Ditch Details
Length  713 Maximum Width 45 Maximum Depth 12 Profile Irregular
Material Culture Number of Objects 4 Number of Animal Bones 7
Environmental       

Phasing

The only diagnostic material recovered from the ditch fill were 4 Roman pot sherds. Its southern terminus was apparently overlain by one of the stone settings (012AD08587), and this, together with the sherds, indicates a Roman date for the feature. This is one of a number of features which have the same alignment Clich here to see a colour coded plan of the different alignments of features, following the line of the dry valley in a NNW-SSE orientation. These features are all either short slot or ditch segments, although at least 4 lines of posts also follow this alignment. The significance of these features is not yet understood.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

        012AD08662       
               
        012AD08663      012AD08587
               
               
        012AD08664       
               
  012AD00750     012AD08665       

Discussion

The single fill of the ditch was a sandy loam (Munsell 10YR 4/3) with 5% chalk inclusions. No daub or charcoal flecking was present.  Sparse numbers of animal bone from three species (cattle, pig and sheep/goat), were recovered.

The ditch was cut into hillwash with an irregular profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD08665 012AD08664   4 7  

Context Details

012AD08665 Profile and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD08664 SLOT FILL LINEAR
665
45
12
 IRREGULAR CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING.
012AD08665 SLOT CUT LINEAR
665
45
12
 IRREGULAR CUT INTO HILLWASH. LINEAR WITH IRREGULAR BASE. CUT BY 8662/8663. CONTINUES S UNDER STONE SETTING 8587.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD08664 AA 2-4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD GREY WARE
1
012AD08664 AB 2-4C POTTERY SHERD CLSD GREY WARE
1
012AD08664 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JBL? ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD08664 AD 4C POTTERY SHERD JHUN? ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD08664 Cattle M/C C 1 1 0 1 1
012AD08664 Cattle Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08664 Cattle Patella 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08664 Pig L Canine 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08664 Pig Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08664 Sheep M/T br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08664 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 1 0 0 0