012AD08716

Pit

Phasing

The pit contained no diagnostic material culture (only animal bone), so no phase was assigned. It may postdate the stone setting (012AD07229), as some large angular chalk fragments appeared to have collapsed in during the infilling of the pit. This would place the pit in a later Roman or Anglian phase. Apart from being sealed by spit 012AD08648, the pit had no other stratigraphic relationships.

Discussion

This sub-rectangular pit contained a single fill, a sandy silty loam (Munsell colour 10YR 3/3), with very few chalk inclusions (apart from the large angular fragments noted above). Daub, but no charcoal flecks were noted. Only the south-western quadrant was excavated.

The pit was cut into hillwash with a flat-based U profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD08716 012AD08715   0 22  

012AD08715 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD08715 Cattle
4
  Horse
2
  Pig
1
  Sheep
5
  Sheep/Goat
10

Context Details

012AD08716 Section and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD08715 PIT FILL SUB-RECTANGULAR
104
99
29
 FLAT BASED U CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE. DAUB BUT NO CHARCOAL FLECKING. ALSO CONTAINED SANDSTONE AND LARGE CHALK PIECES-APPARENTLY FROM SETTING 8586.
012AD08716 PIT CUT SUB-RECTANGULAR
104
99
29
 FLAT BASED U CUT INTO HILLWASH. SUB-RECTANGULAR WITH FLAT BASED U SHAPED PROFILE.

Animal Bones

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD08715 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 1 0
012AD08715 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 1 0 0 0
012AD08715 Cattle Radius D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08715 Horse Mand fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08715 Horse Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Pig Pelvis 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08715 Sheep Horncore 1 0 0 1 0
012AD08715 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat M/T D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat Mand fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat Mandible 2 0 0 0 2
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat Occiput 1 0 0 0 0
012AD08715 Sheep/Goat Tibia P 1 1 0 0 0