011AE07138

Enclosure Ditch


 
 
 
Ditch Details
Length  4164 Maximum Width 110  Maximum Depth 55  Profile V shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 66  Number of Animal Bones 134
Environmental       

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

The ditch was excavated at the end of the 1990 season (the 11BD section was excavated at the end of the 1991 season), and was one of a sequence of at least eight enclosure ditches marking the western boundary of the southern part of the settlement. The ditch was only fully excavated in 2 sections, and these showed at least 3 distinct fills. The primary fill (011AE00389 and 011AE00408) was a decayed red daub layer, and this is known to be a late event across the rest of the site. The secondary fill (011AE00409 and 011AE00378) was a darker, charcoal rich fill which may be a burning event associated with the fill below, although neither fill did not occur along the entire length of the ditch. The third and final fill (011AE00376, 011AE00404 and 011BD01247) was a natural infilling of hillwash. There was the usual mix of datable material from the ditch fills, although the find of an Anglian knife and eight sherds of Anglian pottery point to a later date. Also of note was the find of a possible Middle Saxon sherd (although it is exceptionally difficult to distinguish between Bronze Age and certain types of Middle Saxon pottery).

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
011AE00377 011AE00376   46 67  
011AE00389
011AE00409 3 4
011AE00379 011AE00378 3  + 1 7
011AE00405 011AE00404 10 48
011AE00435 011AE00408 2 17
011BD01248 011BD01247 1

011AE00376 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
011AE00376 DAUB Unassigned 1
POTTERY ANGLIAN 5
SLAG Unassigned 1
POTTERY ANGLIAN? 1
POTTERY BRONZE AGE/MIDDLE SAXON? 1
POTTERY IRON AGE 1
POTTERY MEDIEVAL 1
FLINT PREHISTORIC 2
STONE PREHISTORIC 1
POTTERY ROMAN 11
CHARCOAL  Unassigned 2
HUMAN BONE  Unassigned 1
IRON  Unassigned 1
POTTERY  Unassigned 6
STONE  Unassigned 11

011AE00378 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
011AE00378 DAUB Unassigned 1
CHARCOAL  Unassigned 1
SNAIL  Unassigned 1

011AE00379 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
011AE00379 POTTERY ROMAN 1

011AE00404 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
011AE00404 DAUB Unassigned 1
POTTERY ANGLIAN 1
SLAG Unassigned 2
POTTERY ROMAN 4
POTTERY  Unassigned 1
STONE  Unassigned 1

011AE00405 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
011AE00405 CHARCOAL  Unassigned 1

011AE00408 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
011AE00408 UTILISED STONE ANGLIAN 1
SHELL  Unassigned 1

011AE00409 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
011AE00409 IRON ANGLIAN 1
FLINT PREHISTORIC 1
STONE  Unassigned 1

011AE00376 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
011AE00376 Cat
2
  Cattle
22
  Domestic goose
4
  Goat
1
  Pig
5
  Sheep
1
  Sheep/Goat
32

011AE00378 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
011AE00378 Cattle
4
  Sheep/Goat
3

011AE00404 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
011AE00404 Cattle
18
  Domestic fowl
4
  Domestic goose
1
  Horse
1
  Pig
4
  Sheep/Goat
18
  Wild/domestic goose
2

011AE00408 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
011AE00408 Cattle
4
  Domestic fowl
1
  Pig
1
  Sheep/Goat
11

011AE00409 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
011AE00409 Cattle
1
  Pig
1
  Sheep/Goat
2

011BD01247 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
011BD01247 Cattle
1

Context Details

011AE00377 Notes   Click here to see a section along the southern edge of the buried soil in Area 11AE

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011AE00376 DITCH FILL LINEAR SEG.
1605
110
55
 V-SHAPED DITCH FILL. FINDS OF BONE AND POTTERY. FILL INCLUDES UP TO 15% CHALK INCLUSIONS SIZES - 2.5CM TO 0.5CM
011AE00377 DITCH CUT LINEAR SEG.
1605
110
55
 V-SHAPED DITCH CUT. SIDES SLOPE AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO A NARROW BASE. SIDES COMPOSED SMALL ANGULAR CHALK INCLUSIONS
011AE00378 DITCH FILL No entry
0
0
0
 No entry ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE A PIT THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A FILL OF DITCH 376/377. CHARCOAL WAS OBSERVED AND FINDS WERE LIFTED UNDER THIS NUMBER.
011AE00379 DITCH CUT No entry
0
0
0
 No entry CUT ISSUED IN ERROR. THIS WAS PART OF DITCH 376/377.
011AE00389 DITCH FILL LINEAR
0
0
0
 No entry DECAYED DAUB LAYER IN DITCH CUT 377. THIS LAYER WAS NOT  EXCAVATED IN THE 1990 SEASON DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS. 
011AE00404 DITCH FILL LINEAR
0
0
0
 V-SHAPED THIS CONTEXT PROVED TO BE PART OF DITCH 376/377 AND WAS RECORDED UNDER THOSE NUMBERS.
011AE00405 DITCH CUT LINEAR
0
0
0
 V-SHAPED THIS CONTEXT PROVED TO BE PART OF DITCH 376/377 AND WAS RECORDED UNDER THOSE NUMBERS.
011AE00408 DITCH FILL AMORPHOUS
80
60
10
 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL. THIS IS A RED LAYER SEALED BY FILL 376. FINDS = BONE. LAYER CONTAINED CHARCOAL FLECKING. THE LAYER IS WITHIN CUT 435 AND IS UNDER 409.
011AE00409 DITCH FILL LINEAR SEG.
226
24
14
 V-SHAPED DITCH FILL. FINDS ARE OF BONE AND AN IRON KNIFE WITH TANG. FILL HAS 10% CHALK INCLUSIONS .
011AE00435 DITCH CUT LINEAR SEG.
226
24
14
 V-SHAPED DITCH CUT. THE SIDES OF THE DITCH SLOPE AT ABOUT 60 DEGREES

011BD01248 Longitudinal Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
011BD01247 DITCH FILL LINEAR 386 86 20 No entry NO SOIL TYPE ETC OR FINDS RECORDED IN CONTEXT BOOK.
011BD01248 DITCH CUT LINEAR 386 86 20 No entry N/S ALIGNED DITCH. RELATIONSHIPS WITH SLOT 1244 AND DITCH 978 NOT ESTABLISHED. DITCH ONLY PARTIALLY EXCAVATED. CUT INTO HILL WASH.

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
011AE00376 AC Unassigned CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
011AE00376 BE Unassigned CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
011AE00376 BT ANGLIAN DAUB DAUB    
1
011AE00376 AX PREHISTORIC FLINT FLAKE    
1
011AE00376 BI PREHISTORIC FLINT FLAKE    
1
011AE00376 AS Unassigned HUMAN BONE BONE    
1
011AE00376 BO Unassigned IRON IRON OBJECT    
1
011AE00376 AA ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERDS   ANGLIAN III
1
011AE00376 AD ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN III
1
011AE00376 AH ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN III
1
011AE00376 AL ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERDS   ANGLIAN III
1
011AE00376 AP ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN III
1
011AE00376 BD ANGLIAN? POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN I?
1
011AE00376 AE BA/MS? POTTERY SHERD   BRONZE AGE/MIDDLE SAXON?
1
011AE00376 AR IRON AGE POTTERY SHERD   FTW
1
011AE00376 AT MEDIEVAL POTTERY SHERD GREEN GLAZED MEDIEVAL
1
011AE00376 AB ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
011AE00376 AG ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE
1
011AE00376 AK ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMAN
1
011AE00376 AW ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE
1
011AE00376 AY ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE
1
011AE00376 BB ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMAN
1
011AE00376 BF ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE
1
011AE00376 BG ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
011AE00376 BH ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
011AE00376 BK ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
011AE00376 BR ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
011AE00376 AI Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011AE00376 AU Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011AE00376 AV Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011AE00376 AZ Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011AE00376 BA Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011AE00376 BJ Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011AE00376 BC ANGLIAN SLAG SLAG FRAGMENT   IRON SLAG
1
011AE00376 BL PREHISTORIC STONE STONE BLOCK   SANDSTONE
13
011AE00376 AF Unassigned STONE STONE    
1
011AE00376 AJ Unassigned STONE STONE   NAT IRON
1
011AE00376 AM Unassigned STONE STONE    
2
011AE00376 AN Unassigned STONE STONE    
1
011AE00376 AO Unassigned STONE PEBBLE    
1
011AE00376 AQ Unassigned STONE STONE   SANDSTONE
1
011AE00376 BM Unassigned STONE STONE   SANDSTONE
1
011AE00376 BN Unassigned STONE STONE    
1
011AE00376 BP Unassigned STONE STONE   SANDSTONE
2
011AE00376 BQ Unassigned STONE STONE   RED CHALK
1
011AE00376 BS Unassigned STONE PEBBLE    
1
011AE00378 AC Unassigned CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
011AE00378 AA ANGLIAN DAUB BURNT DAUB    
2
011AE00378 AB Unassigned SNAIL SNAIL SAMPLE    
1
011AE00379 AA ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
011AE00404 AH ANGLIAN DAUB BURNT DAUB    
2
011AE00404 AC ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD   ANGLIAN I?
1
011AE00404 AE ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMAN
1
011AE00404 AF ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
011AE00404 AG ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
011AE00404 AJ ROMAN POTTERY SHERD   GREY WARE
1
011AE00404 AI Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
011AE00404 AA ANGLIAN SLAG SLAG FRAGMENT    
1
011AE00404 AB ANGLIAN SLAG SLAG FRAGMENT   IRON SLAG
1
011AE00404 AD Unassigned STONE STONE   RED CHALK
1
011AE00405 AA Unassigned CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
011AE00408 AB Unassigned SHELL SHELL   OYSTER
1
011AE00408 AA ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
6
011AE00409 AB PREHISTORIC FLINT BLADE    
1
011AE00409 AC ANGLIAN IRON IRON KNIFE    
1
011AE00409 AA Unassigned STONE PEBBLE    
1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
011AE00376 Cat Axis 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Cat Femur C 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Cattle Astragalus 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Calcaneum 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Calcaneum 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Calcaneum 1
0
 0 1 0
011AE00376 Cattle Humerus br 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Humerus D 1
0
 0 1 0
011AE00376 Cattle Humerus P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Humerus P 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Cattle Hyoid 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle M/podial 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle M/T P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Cattle Mandible 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Phalanx 3 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Phalanx 3 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Cattle Radius P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Skull fr 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Cattle Skull fr 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Cattle Skull fr 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Cattle Tibia D 1
0
 0 1 0
011AE00376 Domestic goose Carpom/t 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Domestic goose Radius C 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Domestic goose Tarsom/t 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Domestic goose Tarsom/t 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Goat Horncore 1
0
 1 0 1
011AE00376 Pig Astragalus 1
0
 0 1 0
011AE00376 Pig Calcaneum 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Pig Humerus P 1
0
 0 1 0
011AE00376 Pig M/T C 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Pig Scapula 1
1
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep Horncore 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1
0
 0 1 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Atlas 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Axis 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 1
0
 1 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Femur D 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Humerus br 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Humerus P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Hyoid 2
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat M/C C 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat M/C P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat M/C P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat M/T br 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat M/T C 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1
1
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Radius C 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1
0
 0 1 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Tibia C 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Tibia D 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Tibia D 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Tibia P 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Tibia P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1
1
 0 0 0
011AE00376 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00378 Cattle Pelvis 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00378 Cattle Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00378 Cattle Phalanx 3 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00378 Cattle Ulna 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00378 Sheep/Goat Ld4 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00378 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00378 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle Atlas 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle Atlas 1
0
 0 1 1
011AE00404 Cattle Axis 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Cattle Calcaneum 1
1
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Cattle Femur P 1
1
 0 1 0
011AE00404 Cattle Horncore 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle M/C P 1
1
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle M/T br 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle M/T D 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle M/T P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Cattle M/T P 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle Mandible 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Cattle Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Cattle Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle Radius C 1
1
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Cattle Scapula 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Cattle Tibia D 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Domestic fowl Humerus C 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Domestic fowl Tarsom/t 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Domestic fowl Tarsom/t 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Domestic fowl Ulna 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Domestic goose Humerus D 1
0
 0 1 1
011AE00404 Horse Phalanx 2 1
0
 1 0 0
011AE00404 Pig Fibula 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Pig M/podial 1
0
 0 1 0
011AE00404 Pig M/T C 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Pig Scapula 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Calcaneum 1
1
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Femur D 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Humerus D 2
0
 0 1 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Humerus P 1
0
 0 1 0
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat M/C br 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat M/C C 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat M/T C 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat M/T P 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Sheep/Goat Tibia P 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Wild/domestic goose Humerus P 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00404 Wild/domestic goose Tarsom/t 1
0
 0 1 1
011AE00408 Cattle Astragalus 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00408 Cattle Mand fr 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00408 Cattle Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00408 Cattle Radius P 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00408 Domestic fowl Humerus P 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00408 Pig Radius P 1
1
 0 0 1
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Femur P 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Humerus D 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat M/C D 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Phalanx 1 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Radius br 1
1
 0 0 0
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Skull fr 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00408 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1
0
 0 0 0
011AE00409 Cattle Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00409 Pig Astragalus 1
0
 0 1 0
011AE00409 Sheep/Goat M/C P 1
0
 0 0 1
011AE00409 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1
0
 0 0 1
011BD01247 Cattle Scapula 1
0
 0 0 1