West Heslerton: Anglian Settlement Structural Catalogue

011BC07126

Enclosure Ditch

Ditch Details
Length	6300	Maximum Width	300	Maximum Depth	65	Profile	U shaped
Material Culture	Number of Objects	1	Number of Animal Bones			71
Environmental

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

A large curvilinear enclosure ditch in areas 11BA and 11BC. This is the latest of two similar enclosures with the west side cutting through enclosure ditch 011BC07127. Both ditches probably continued westwards to the stream channel, enclosing an area of approximately 800 square metres. Geophysics indicates probable entrances in the north side of the enclosures with short ditches to the west, presumably terminating at the stream bank. The south segments of the ditches (011BA00301 and 011BA02001) were excavated as a single feature although both ditches were probably present. The contexts have been included in this document as this is the latest ditch. The south side of the ditch cut through early Saxon Grubenhaus 011BA07009. Two curvilinear ditches (011BC07128 and 011BC00807) and a NE/SW aligned ditch (011BC01059) cut through both ditches. The relationship with small slot 011BC00813 was not established during excavation. Few object finds were recovered from the ditches but the stratigraphic evidence suggests a middle Saxon date is likely for these enclosures.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER	CUT	FILL	VOLUME	OBJECTS	AN BONE	DENSITY
011BC07126	011BA00301	011BA00300		1	2
	011BA02001	011BA02000			14
	011BC01042	011BC01041
	011BC01044	011BC01043			1
	011BC01046	011BC01045			7
	011BC01049	011BC01048			8
	011BC01053	011BC01052			14
	011BC01057	011BC01056
	011BC01065	011BC01064			9
	011BC01071	011BC01070			16

Object Totals by Material

011BA00300 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID	PERIOD	MATERIAL	No
011BA00300	ANGLIAN	UTILISED STONE	1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

011BA00300 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BA00300	Sheep/Goat	2

011BA02000 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BA02000	Cattle	5
	Dog	2
	Pig	1
	Sheep	1
	Sheep/Goat	4
	Wild/domestic goose	1

011BC01043 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BC01043	Horse	1

011BC01045 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BC01045	Cattle	5
	Pig	2

011BC01048 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BC01048	Cattle	5
	Sheep/Goat	3

011BC01052 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BC01052	Cattle	7
	Horse	4
	Pig	1
	Sheep/Goat	2

011BC01064 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BC01064	Cattle	7
	Sheep/Goat	2

011BC01070 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID	SPECIES	No
011BC01070	Cat	1
	Cattle	7
	Dog	2
	Horse	1
	Sheep	1
	Sheep/Goat	3
	Wild/domestic goose	1

Structural Details

011BA00301 Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BA00300	DITCH FILL	LINEAR	1600	330	50	No entry	E/W ALIGNED DITCH. A SMALL SECTION OF THIS DITCH WAS EXCAVATED UNDER THE NUMBER 11BA2000/2001.
011BA00301	DITCH CUT	LINEAR	1600	330	50	No entry	E/W ALIGNED DITCH. APPEARS TO CUT GRUB 175. EXCAVATED IN WINTER 1991 UNDER THE NUMBER 11BA2000/2001.

011BA02001 Section and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BA02000	DITCH FILL	LINEAR	100	430	50	WIDE V	ON NORTH EDGE OF 11BA TO EAST OF STREAM CHANNEL. APPEARS TO BE MERGING OF DITCHES 11BC 1071/1073 BUT NO RELATIONSHIP NOTED. FINDS CONTEXT ONLY.
011BA02001	DITCH CUT	LINEAR	100	430	50	WIDE V	CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. JOINS UP WITH 11BC 1053 AND HAS RELATIONSHIP WITH GRUB 11BA 175. HAS UNDECIDED RELATIONSHIP WITH 11BC 1071 AND 1073.

011BC01042 Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BC01041	DITCH FILL SEG	CURVILINEAR	100	77	33	U SHAPED	DITCH FILL SEGMENT. FEW CHALK INCLUSIONS. CONTAINED AN. BONE AND POT. ALSO NIERDERMEDIG LAVA AND PIECE OF FE. FINDS BY CXT ONLY.
011BC01042	DITCH CUT SEG	CURVILINEAR	100	77	33	U SHAPED	DITCH CUT SEGMENT. CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. ANIMAL DISTURBED. FORMS PART OF LONG DITCH RUNNING INTO 11BA2001.

011BC01044 Section and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BC01043	DITCH FILL SEG	LINEAR	200	200	42	U SHAPED	DITCH FILL SEGMENT. 15% CHALK INCLUSIONS. CONTAINED AN. BONE AND POT. NO CHARCOAL. FINDS BY CXT ONLY.
011BC01044	DITCH CUT SEG	LINEAR	200	200	42	U SHAPED	DITCH CUT SEGMENT. CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. FORMS PART OF LONG DITCH RUNNING INTO 11BA2001.

011BC01046 Section and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BC01045	DITCH FILL SEG	LINEAR	200	177	36	V SHAPED	DITCH FILL SEGMENT. 10% CHALK INCLUSIONS. CONTAINED AN. BONE AND POT. NO CHARCOAL. FINDS BY CXT ONLY.
011BC01046	DITCH CUT SEG	LINEAR	200	177	36	V SHAPED	DITCH CUT SEGMENT. CUT INTO SAND NATURAL. FORMS PART OF LONG DITCH RUNNING INTO 11BA2001.

011BC01049 Section and Notes

011BC01049 North Facing Section

011BC01049 South Facing Section

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BC01048	DITCH FILL SEG	LINEAR	110	160	77	COMPLEX	DITCH FILL SEGMENT. 10% CHALK INCLUSIONS. CONTAINED AN. BONE AND POSS. FRAG. OF STONE AXE. ALSO CONTAINED CHARCOAL. FINDS BY CXT ONLY.
011BC01049	DITCH CUT SEG	LINEAR	110	160	77	COMPLEX	DITCH CUT SEGMENT. CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. CUT BY DITCH SEGMENT 1050/1051. PROBABLE CONT. OF DITCH 1041/1042 AND THUS 11BA2001.

011BC01053 Section and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BC01052	DITCH FILL SEG	LINEAR	100	300	65	U SHAPED	DITCH FILL SEGMENT. FEW CHALK INCLUSIONS. CONTAINED AN. BONE AND POT. SLIGHT CHARCOAL FLECKING.
011BC01053	DITCH CUT SEG	LINEAR	100	300	65	U SHAPED	DITCH CUT SEGMENT. VERY WIDE CURVILINEAR FEATURE. CUT INTO SAND AND CHALK. PROB. PART OF LONG DITCH BECOMING 11BA2001. CUTS DITCH 1068/1069.

011BC01057 Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BC01056	DITCH FILL SEG	LINEAR	350	120	20	FLAT BASED U	DITCH FILL SEGMENT. 10-20% CHALK INCLUSIONS. NO FINDS RECORDED.
011BC01057	DITCH CUT SEG	LINEAR	350	120	20	FLAT BASED U	DITCH CUT SEGMENT. CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. PART OF LONG DITCH BECOMING 11BA2001.

011BC01065 Section and Notes

011BC01065 North Facing Section

011BC01065 South Facing Section

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BC01064	DITCH FILL SEG	LINEAR	100		62	U SHAPED	DITCH FILL SEGMENT. 15% CHALK INCLUSIONS. CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POT SHERDS. FINDS BY CXT ONLY. ALSO CONTAINED CHARCOAL.
011BC01065	DITCH CUT SEG	LINEAR	100		62	U SHAPED	DITCH CUT SEGMENT. CUT INTO SAND AND GRAVEL. PART OF LONG DITCH BECOMING 11BA2001.

011BC01071 Section and Notes

KEY_ID	TYPE	SHAPE	L	B	D	PROFILE	NOTES
011BC01070	DITCH FILL SEG	LINEAR	100	210	41	U SHAPED	DITCH FILL SEGMENT. 20% CHALK INCLUSIONS. CONTAINED ASH AND SLIGHT CHARCOAL. ALSO CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY. FINDS BY CXT ONLY.
011BC01071	DITCH CUT SEG	LINEAR	100	210	41	U SHAPED	DITCH CUT SEGMENT. CUT INTO SAND NATURAL. PART OF LONG DITCH RUNNING INTO 11BA2001. CUTS DITCH 1072/1073.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID	OB	PERIOD	MATERIAL	TYPE	SUB_TYPE	CLASS	No
011BA00300	AA	ANGLIAN	UTILISED STONE	LAVA	NIEDERMENDIG		2

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID	SPECIES	ELEMENT	QUANT	CHEW	BURN	BUTCH	FBRK
011BA00300	SHEEP/GOAT	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	0
011BA00300	SHEEP/GOAT	Scapula	1	0	0	0	0
011BA02000	BIRD	M/C C	1	0	0	0	1
011BA02000	CATTLE	Atlas	1	0	0	2	0
011BA02000	CATTLE	Femur P	1	0	0	0	0
011BA02000	CATTLE	Femur P	1	0	0	0	1
011BA02000	CATTLE	M/T P	1	1	0	0	1
011BA02000	CATTLE	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	0
011BA02000	DOG	Femur P	1	1	0	0	0
011BA02000	DOG	M/T C	1	0	0	0	0
011BA02000	PIG	Ulna	1	1	0	0	0
011BA02000	SHEEP	Horncore	1	0	0	0	1
011BA02000	SHEEP/GOAT	Axis	1	0	0	0	1
011BA02000	SHEEP/GOAT	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011BA02000	SHEEP/GOAT	Radius D	1	0	0	0	0
011BA02000	SHEEP/GOAT	Tibia br	1	1	0	0	1
011BC01043	HORSE	M/C P	1	1	0	0	0
011BC01045	CATTLE	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01045	CATTLE	M/C P	1	1	0	0	0
011BC01045	CATTLE	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01045	CATTLE	Pelvis	1	1	0	0	1
011BC01045	CATTLE	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01045	PIG	Ulna	1	1	0	0	1
011BC01045	PIG	Ulna	1	1	0	0	1
011BC01048	CATTLE	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01048	CATTLE	LM3	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01048	CATTLE	Scapula	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01048	CATTLE	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01048	CATTLE	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01048	SHEEP/GOAT	Calcaneum	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01048	SHEEP/GOAT	M/C P	1	1	0	0	1
011BC01048	SHEEP/GOAT	Tibia br	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01052	CATTLE	Femur P	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01052	CATTLE	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01052	CATTLE	Mand fr	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01052	CATTLE	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01052	CATTLE	Phalanx 3	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01052	CATTLE	Radius C	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01052	CATTLE	Ulna	1	1	0	0	1
011BC01052	HORSE	Axis	1	1	0	0	1
011BC01052	HORSE	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01052	HORSE	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01052	HORSE	Tibia D	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01052	PIG	Calcaneum	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01052	SHEEP/GOAT	Calcaneum	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01052	SHEEP/GOAT	Mandible	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01064	CATTLE	Humerus D	1	0	0	1	1
011BC01064	CATTLE	Humerus D	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01064	CATTLE	M/C P	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01064	CATTLE	N.Cuboid	1	0	0	1	0
011BC01064	CATTLE	Pelvis	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01064	CATTLE	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01064	CATTLE	Tibia br	1	1	0	0	1
011BC01064	SHEEP/GOAT	LM3	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01064	SHEEP/GOAT	Tibia P	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	CAT	Radius C	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	CATTLE	Femur fr	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	CATTLE	Humerus P	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	CATTLE	M/C C	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	CATTLE	M/C C	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	CATTLE	Pelvis fr	1	1	0	1	0
011BC01070	CATTLE	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	CATTLE	Phalanx 1	1	0	1	0	0
011BC01070	DOG	Radius P	1	1	0	0	1
011BC01070	DOG	Ulna	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01070	HORSE	Phalanx 2	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	SHEEP	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	SHEEP/GOAT	Phalanx 1	1	0	0	0	0
011BC01070	SHEEP/GOAT	Skull fr	1	0	0	0	1
011BC01070	SHEEP/GOAT	Tibia br	1	0	0	0	0