011AB00812

Pit

Phasing

The fills contained 21 Roman pot sherds, as well as a Medieval green glaze sherd. Its stratigraphic relationship with the enclosure ditch 011AB10005, which it cuts, implies an Anglian or later date for this feature.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

    011AB00576    
         
    011AB00811   
         
   011AB00054   = 011AB00829   
         
    011AB00812     
         
         
    011AB00807     
         
    011AB00854     

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All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
011AB00812 011AB00054   24 19  
011AB00811 2 4
011AB00829 2 0

Discussion

This was a large pit (partly defined by the removal of cleaning layer 011AB00811), which cut through the enclosure ditch 011AB10005. The fill (011AB00054 and 011AB00829) was a sandy silty loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/6), with 5% chalk gravel inclusions, including some quite large fragments. It contained charcoal and burnt daub fragments, as well as an iron hook. The base of the feature was stained with a reddish colour (Munsell 7.5YR 4/4). It was cut into a sandy gravel natural, with a flat-based U profile.

011AB00054 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
011AB00054 CHARCOAL  
2
  DAUB  
1
  FLINT PREHISTORIC
1
  IRON  
3
  MINERAL GEOLOGICAL
1
  POTTERY 2-4C
5
  POTTERY 3-4C
13
  POTTERY MEDIEVAL
2
  POTTERY  
4
  SLAG  
2
  STONE  
4
  UNFIRED CLAY ANGLIAN
1

011AB00054 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
011AB00054 Cattle
4
  Domestic fowl
1
  Domestic fowl/Pheasant
1
  Pig
1
  Sheep/Goat
12

Context Details


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011AB00054 PIT FILL SUB-CIRCULAR 268 255 54 FLAT BASED U PIT/S CUTTING INNER ENCLOSURE DITCH IN SW 11AB. OVATE PIT WITH SMALL PIT CUT ON N EDGE (RED STAIN IN BASE). DARK SANDY LOAM WITH 5-10% CHALK INCLUSIONS.
011AB00811 LAYER 216 176 11 FLAT CLEANING LAYER OVER SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF PIT(=54). DARK SAND/LOAM FILL WITH 5% INCLUSIONS. BONE FOUND AND PIT DEFINED ON EXCAVATION.
011AB00812 PIT CUT SUB-CIRCULAR 312 268 54 FLAT BASED U CUT OF SUB-CIRCULAR PIT. CUTTING INNER ENCLOSURE DITCH? CUT INTO SANDY GRAVEL FILL WITH SANDY LOAM EDGE ON S SIDE. BURROWED CUT. SMALLER PIT CUT TO N.
011AB00829 PIT FILL SUB-CIRCULAR 216 55 17 FLAT BASED U LOWER DEFINED FILL OF SOUTHERN SIDE OF PIT. FILL SIMILAR TO f54. DARK SANDY/LOAM FILL WITH 5% CHALK/GRAVEL INCLUSIONS. SOME QUITE LARGE PIECES OF CHALK.

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
011AB00054 AE   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
011AB00054 AJ   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
011AB00054 AT   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
011AB00054 BF   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE     1
011AB00054 AI DAUB BURNT DAUB     2
011AB00054 BU DAUB BURNT DAUB     2
011AB00054 AC PREHISTORIC FLINT WORKED FLINT     1
011AB00054 AD PREHISTORIC FLINT CHIP     1
011AB00054 BE PREHISTORIC FLINT FLAKE     1
011AB00054 BJ PREHISTORIC FLINT FLAKE     1
011AB00054 AO   IRON IRON HOOK     1
011AB00054 AI GEOLOGICAL MINERAL FOSSIL BIVALVE   1
011AB00054 AM   NON-FIND DISCARDED     1
011AB00054 AB 2-4C POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE 1
011AB00054 AQ 2-4C POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE 1
011AB00054 BD 2-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMAN 1
011AB00054 BK 2-4C POTTERY SHERD BD GREY WARE 1
011AB00054 BR 2-4C POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE 1
011AB00054 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00054 AF 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
011AB00054 AN 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
011AB00054 AV 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00054 AZ 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00054 BC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
011AB00054 BG 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00054 BH 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00054 BL 3-4C POTTERY SHERD     1
011AB00054 BN 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00054 BS 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00054 BT 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00054 BV 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JKNAP? ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00054 AK MEDIEVAL POTTERY SHERD GREEN GLAZED MEDIEVAL 1
011AB00054 AH   POTTERY SHERD     1
011AB00054 AP   POTTERY SHERD     1
011AB00054 AS   POTTERY SHERD     1
011AB00054 BP SLAG SLAG FRAGMENT   IRON SLAG 1
011AB00054 AG   STONE STONE     1
011AB00054 AL   STONE STONE     3
011AB00054 AR   STONE STONE   RED CHALK 1
011AB00054 AU   STONE STONE     1
011AB00054 AW   STONE STONE   CHALK 1
011AB00054 AY   STONE STONE   SANDSTONE 1
011AB00054 BB   STONE STONE   COAL 3
011AB00054 BM   STONE STONE     1
011AB00054 BO   STONE STONE     1
011AB00054 BQ   STONE STONE     1
011AB00054 AX ANGLIAN UNFIRED CLAY UNFIRED CLAY     2
011AB00054 BA ANGLIAN UNFIRED CLAY UNFIRED CLAY     1
011AB00811 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD ROMAN
011AB00811 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD J? ROMANO-BRITISH
011AB00829 AB 2-4C POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE 1
011AB00829 AA   STONE STONE   RED CHALK 1

Animal Bones

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
011AB00054 Cattle M/C C 1 0 0 1 0
011AB00054 Cattle M/C C 1 0 0 1 0
011AB00054 Cattle Mand fr 1 1 0 0 0
011AB00054 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00054 Domestic fowl Tarsom/t 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00054 Domestic fowl/Pheasant Tibia P 1 0 0 0 1
011AB00054 Pig Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat Axis 1 1 0 0 0
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat Femur D 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat Humerus br 1 1 0 0 0
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat M/C C 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat M/T br 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat M/T br 1 1 0 0 0
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat M/T P 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 1 0 0 1
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 1
011AB00054 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00811 Cattle Humerus br 1 0 0 0 1
011AB00811 Cattle Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00811 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
011AB00811 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1 1 0 0 0