012AE00089

Enclosure Ditch


 
 
Ditch Details
Length  480 Maximum Width 39 Maximum Depth 7 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects  4 Number of Animal Bones 1
Environmental       

Discussion

An exceptionally plough-truncated ditch cut into hillwash. Only 4 objects (3 of them 4th Century Romano-British pot sherds) and 1 animal bone were recovered. They were all found towards the eastern end of the ditch. It is quite likely that this is one of a sequence of recuts of enclosure ditch Master 012AE00084, although we are probably only seeing the very bottom of the plough damaged ditch. The recuts (or cleanings) were needed here because only at this point was the ditch cut into hillwash, and thus was more prone to collapse.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AE00089
012AE00088
    4  1  

Context Details

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AE00089 DITCH CUT LINEAR 480 39 7 U-SHAPED CUT INTO HILLWASH. REGULAR U-SHAPED PROFILE. SOUTHERNMOST OF 2 DITCHES.
012AE00088 DITCH FILL LINEAR 480 39 7 U-SHAPED CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE AND POTTERY WITH MORE POT TOWARDS THE BUTT END IN THE NORTH/WEST. SOUTHERNMOST OF 2 DITCHES.

Object Totals by Material

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AE00088 AA Unassigned STONE STONE     1
012AE00088 AB 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AE00088 AC 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1
012AE00088 AD 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH 1

Animal Bone by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AE00088 SHEEP/GOAT Radius P 1 0 0 0 0