011AB00900

Ditch

Discussion

A small section of the inner enclosure ditch 011AB10005. It terminated just to the east, although no obvious entrance into the enclosure was noted (possibly slot 011AB00417 to the east was related to this terminus). The fills of both excavated segments were of a fine, dark,  sandy silty loam (Munsell 10YR 3/4), with <5% chalk gravel inclusions. Finds included a number of mussel shells, together with 3 sherds of Romano-British pot and 1 possible Anglian sherd. Cut into a fine sandy gravel and heavily burrowed sandy loam.

Also in the unexcavated western part of the ditch were a series of animal burrows (011AB00862), which contained a number of finds, at least in part probabaly derived from the fill of the ditch, and so are included in this catalogue entry. Finds from the burrow included a Romano-British sherd, 2 Anglian sherds and a Medieval green-glazed sherd.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

TYPE CUT FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
  011AB00896 011AB00895   11 3  
  011AB00900 011AB00899   0 1  
ANIMAL BURROW 011AB00862 011AB00862   8 7  

011AB00895 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
011AB00895 ANGLIAN POTTERY
1
ROMAN POTTERY
3
Unassigned POTTERY
2
Unassigned SHELL
3
Unassigned STONE
2

Context Details

011AB00900 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011AB00895 DITCH FILL SEG SUB-CIRCULAR
159
86
34
 FLAT BASED U FILL OF INNER ENCLOSURE DITCH SEGMENT LOCATED IN SW 11AB. DARK SANDY SILT/LOAM FILL WITH 5% INCLUSIONS. MUSSEL SHELLS NOTED IN FILL AND ANIMAL BONE.
011AB00896 DITCH CUT SEG SUB-CIRCULAR
159
86
34
 FLAT BASED U CUT OF INNER ENCLOSURE DITCH SEGMENT WITH A N-E ORIENTATION. DITCH TURNING. CUTTING INTO PIT(c773) AND SANDY GRAVEL NATURAL. CONTINUES AS 899/900.
011AB00899 DITCH FILL SEG LINEAR SEG.
192
104
18
 FLAT BASED U FILL OF LINEAR SEGMENT OF INNER ENCLOSURE DITCH LOCATED IN SW 11AB. ORIENTATED E-W. SHALLOW HEAVILY BURROWED FILL WITH <10% INCLUSIONS. SPARSE FINDS.
011AB00900 DITCH CUT SEG LINEAR SEG.
192
104
18
 FLAT BASED U CUT OF LINEAR SEGMENT OF INNER ENCLOSURE DITCH LOCATED IN SW 11AB. ORIENTATED E-W. CUT INTO FINE CHALK GRAVEL AND BURROWED LOAM SAND. CUT TERMINATES TO E.

011AB00862 Section and Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011AB00861 ANIMAL HOLE FILL AMORPHOUS
213
93
16
 UNDULATING FILL OF A SERIES OF ANIMAL BURROWS EXCAVATED AS AN AREA OF DARK FILL. VERY CLEAN LOAMY SAND FILL WITH VERY FEW INCLUSIONS AND SPARSE FINDS.
011AB00862 ANIMAL HOLE CUT AMORPHOUS
213
93
16
 UNDULATING CUT OF A SERIES OF ANIMAL BURROWS. CUT INTO LOAMY SAND NATURAL AND SANDY GRAVEL. EXCAVATED AS LINEAR SEGMENT OF SAND. NO DEFINABLE FEATURES.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OBCODE PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
011AB00895 AA Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011AB00895 AE ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH?
1
011AB00895 AF ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN II?
1
011AB00895 AG ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
011AB00895 AH Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011AB00895 AI ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE
1
011AB00895 AB Unassigned SHELL SHELL FRAGMENTS   MUSSEL
3
011AB00895 AJ Unassigned SHELL SHELL FRAGMENTS   MUSSEL
2
011AB00895 AK Unassigned SHELL SHELL   MUSSEL
1
011AB00895 AC Unassigned STONE STONE   RED CHALK
1
011AB00895 AD Unassigned STONE STONE    
1

 
KEY_ID OB MATERIAL PERIOD TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
011AB00861 AA POTTERY ANGLIAN SHERD   ANGLIAN I 1
011AB00861 AB POTTERY MEDIEVAL SHERD GREEN GLAZED MEDIEVAL 1
011AB00861 AC STONE   STONE   RED CHALK 1
011AB00861 AD DAUB BURNT DAUB?     1
011AB00861 AE POTTERY ANGLIAN SHERD   ANGLIAN I 1
011AB00861 AF POTTERY 3-4C SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
011AB00861 AG DAUB   BURNT DAUB     1
011AB00861 AH DAUB   BURNT DAUB     1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
011AB00895 Cattle M/C P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AB00895 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 1
0
 0 0 0
011AB00895 Sheep/Goat M/C P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AB00899 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 1
0
 0 0 0
KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
011AB00861 Sheep/Goat Mandible 0 0 0 1
011AB00861 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1 0 0 0
011AB00861 Dog Humerus D 0 0 0 1
011AB00861 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 0 0 0 0
011AB00861 Cattle Radius br 1 0 0 0
011AB00861 Sheep/Goat Axis 0 0 0 1