011AE00122

Short segment of ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length   400 Maximum Width  106 Maximum Depth  25 Profile U-shaped 
Material Culture Number of Objects  4 Number of Animal Bones  
Environmental   

Phasing

The finds do not easily allow a phase to be assigned to the ditch with any degree of confidence, being two prehistoric flint flakes, one fragment of Roman pot and a Medieval potsherd. It is possible that the Medieval sherd is intrusive, as it was found in close proximity to the remnants of a Medieval furrow. Although never very clear, it was felt by the excavators that the ditch cut through the quarry pit (011AE00127), and this is reflected in the stratigraphic sequence diagram below.

Stratigraphic Sequence Diagram

Discussion

A short, remnant segment of an east-west oriented ditch which contained very few finds and no identifiable animal bones. The ditch was not observed to continue either to the west or the east, and is presumed ploughed away totally beyond the excavated segment. The primary fill was a redeposited chalk natural (not observed along the entire excavated length), covered by a loamy sand (Munsell 10/YR/43). The finds do not easily allow a phase to be assigned to the ditch with any degree of confidence, being two prehistoric flint flakes, one fragment of Roman pot and a Medieval potsherd. It is possible that the Medieval sherd is intrusive, as it was found in close proximity to the remnants of a Medieval furrow.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
011AE00122 011AE00121 4
011AE00125

Structural Details

011AE00122 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011AE00121 DITCH FILL LINEAR 400 106 7 U-SHAPED UPPER FILL OF DITCH IN WESTERN 11AE. ORIENTED E-W. SEALING POSS REDEP NAT. MED POT: 2 BONE FRAGS. R/B?POT AND 2 FLINT OBS. HEAVILY TRUNCATED BY MACHINE.
011AE00122 DITCH CUT LINEAR 400 106 25 U-SHAPED DITCH RUNNING E-W IN WEST AE.CUTTING CHK NAT.DEEPER IN CENTRAL PART OF DITCH.ANIMAL ATN.
011AE00125 DITCH FILL LINEAR 400 81 18 U-SHAPED 2ND FILL OF DITCH RUNNING E-W IN W 11AE. FILL OF LARGE CHK INC 5-7CM. LITTLE SOIL MAINLY ROCK 80%INC. NO FINDS. POSS REDEP NAT.

 

Objects by Context

KEY_ID OBCODE PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
011AE00121 AA PREHISTORIC FLINT BLADE/SCRAPER     1
011AE00121 AB MEDIEVAL POTTERY SHERD GLAZED MEDIEVAL 1
011AE00121 AC PREHISTORIC FLINT BLADE     1
011AE00121 AD ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE 1