012AE00091

Enclosure Ditch


 
Ditch Details
Length  613 Maximum Width 46 Maximum Depth 10 Profile U-shaped
Material Culture Number of Objects  0 Number of Animal Bones  0
Environmental       

Discussion

A plough-truncated ditch cut into hillwash with a regular U-shaped profile. No finds or animal bones were recovered (2 sherds of pottery were possibly erroneously lifted under number 012AE00033, in fact part of the main surviving ditch to the north). It is likely that this is one of a sequence of recuts of enclosure ditch Master 012AE00084, although we are probably only seeing the 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
012AE00091
012AE00090
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Context Details

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AE00091 SLOT CUT LINEAR 613 46 10 U-SHAPED CUT INTO HILLWASH. REGULAR U-SHAPED PROFILE. NORTHERNMOST OF 2 SLOTS.
012AE00090 SLOT FILL LINEAR 613 46 10 U-SHAPED CONTAINS SPARSE ANIMAL BONE AND 2 SHERDS OF POTTERY. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKS. CHALK INCLUSIONS 5% 0.5-2 CM IN DIAMETER.