012AD00536

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  848 Maximum Width 34 Maximum Depth 19 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects 0 Number of Animal Bones 1
Environmental       

Phasing

The ditch was tentatively phased to the Anglian period because of its relationship with ditch 012AD00311. It also cut through pit 012AD00717, which contained a single Roman sherd.

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

  012AD00535   
     
  012AD00536   
     
  012AD00717   

Discussion

This short ditch segment is on exactly the same alignment as 012AD00311 immediately to the north, and although no direct stratigraphic relationship was determined in the field, they are almost certainly 2 phases of the same enclosure system.

The fill was a sandy loam, Munsell colour 10YR 4/2, with less than 5% chalk inclusions. Both daub and charcoal flecking were present, though not in recoverable quantities. Unlike 012AD00311 to the north, this segment contained only a single animal bone, a sheep radius.

The ditch was cut into hillwash, generally with a U-shaped profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD00536 012AD00535   0 1   

Context Details

012AD00536 Sections and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00535 DITCH FILL LINEAR
820
34
19
 U-SHAPED DITCH FILL. SOME BONE FOUND. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKING. < 5% CHALK INCLUSIONS < 4CMS. CUTS 716/7. RUNS PARALLEL TO 310/1.
012AD00536 DITCH CUT LINEAR
820
34
19
 U-SHAPED DITCH CUT. CUT INTO HILLWASH OF 30% CHALK INCLUSIONS. HAS U SHAPED PROFILE AND IS NOT VERY WIDE. RUNS PARALLEL TO WIDER 310/11. CUTS 716/7.

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00535 Sheep Radius P 1 0 0 0 0