012AB00739

Ditch

  
 
Ditch Details 
Length   1210 Maximum Width   150 Maximum Depth   15 Profile Wide U
Material Culture  Number of Objects  1 Number of Animal Bones  1
Environmental       

Phasing

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

Discussion

 A NW/SE aligned ditch in the east of area 12AB, cut through ditch 012AB00742. The geophysical survey of the area indicates that the south/eastern terminus of the ditch extended beyond the curvilinear enclosure ditches in the south of the area and into the south baulk. The fill was similar to that of ditch 012AB00860 to the west and the two may be related. Two fills were evident; a primary fill of sandy loam with a high proportion of chalk inclusions (012AB00741) and a secondary fill darker and redder in colour with fewer inclusions (012AB00740). A single datable find was recovered, a sherd of 4th Century pottery.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT  FILL VOLUME  OBJECTS AN BONE  DENSITY
 
012AB00739
012AB00740
    1  1  
   
012AB00741
        

Object Totals by Material

012AB00740 Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID PERIOD MATERIAL No
012AB00740 4TH CENTURY POTTERY
1

Animal Bone Totals by Species

012AB00740 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AB00740 Horse
1

Context Details

012AB00739 Section and Notes

 KEY_ID  TYPE SHAPE  L B  D PROFILE  NOTES
012AB00739 DITCH CUT LINEAR
1500
150
15
 WIDE U CUT OF NORTH-SOUTH DITCH THAT BUTTS IN THE S AND RUNS N UNTIL IT BECOMES ALMOST INDISCERNIBLE PROBABLY BUTTING SIMILAR ALIGN TO860
012AB00740 DITCH FILL LINEAR
1500
150
15
 WIDE U FILL OF DITCH ABOVE STONIER PRIMARY FILL 741 SIMILAR IN COLOUR TO HILL WASH SLIGHTLY REDDER AND DARKER SIMILAR TO FILL 861 OF OTHER N-S DITCH
012AB00741 DITCH FILL LINEAR
1500
150
15
 WIDE U PRIMARY FILL OF DITCH STONIER THAN LATER 740 INCLUSIONS OF CHALK <3CM 30%

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AB00740 AA 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD
 
 ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID  SPECIES ELEMENT  QUANT CHEW  BURN BUTCH  FBRK
012AB00740 Horse Patella 1 0 0 0 0