012AE00032

Pit


 

Discussion

This was a pit filled with a distinctive dark material (Munsell 10/YR/33) which was clearly cut by the enclosure ditch 012AE00084. The final fill of the pit contained a number of distinctly Anglian and Middle Saxon objects, including an iron knife and a pair of tweezers with a wide triangular base. A post hole (012AE00087) had been cut through the primary fill of the pit and down into the chalk natural, although no relationship to the ditch was established.

The pit is situated some 6 metres to the south of post-in-structure 012AE00061, and may have acted as a refuse pit for the structure.If this is the case, it is paralleled by pits 011AB00888, 011AB00307 and 011AB00370 for structure 011AB10019 and by pit 011BC00668 for structure 011BC07049.

Stratigraphic Matrix


 

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

MASTER CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
PIT 012AE00032 012AE00031 15 20
012AE00085
POST HOLE 012AE00087 012AE00086

Context Details

012AE00032 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AE00032 PIT CUT OVATE 188 107 35 FLAT BASED U CUT INTO ANGULAR WHITE CHALK. A REGULAR OVATE SHAPE WITH A STEEP U-PROFILE.
012AE00031 PIT FILL OVATE 188 107 25 FLAT BASED U FINAL FILL OF PIT CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE POTTERY IRON KNIFE BRONZE TWEEZERS AND LOOP. CUT BY DITCH 13/36/14 AND LAY ABOVE PIT FILL 85 AND POST HOLE 86.
012AE00085 PIT FILL OVATE 156 135 10 FLAT BASED U PRIMARY FILL CONTAINED ANIMAL BONE (SOME BURNT) AND A FEW SHERDS OF POTTERY. DAUB AND CHARCOAL FLECKS VISIBLE THROUGHOUT.

012AE00087 Notes

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AE00087 POST HOLE CUT OVATE 50 30 27 U-SHAPED CUT THROUGH BASE OF PIT 31/32 AND DOWN INTO THE ANGULAR WHITE CHALK NATURAL. REGULAR U-SHAPED PROFILE.
012AE00086 POST HOLE FILL OVATE 50 30 27 U-SHAPED FILL DISTINGUISHED BY A DARKER DAUB RICH COLOUR INDICATING THAT POST MAY HAVE ROTTED IN SITU. NO FINDS.

 

Objects by Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AE00031 AA SAXON COPPER ALLOY TWEEZERS WIDE TRIANG BASE  
1
012AE00031 AB Unassigned COPPER ALLOY KNOTTED WIRE   SUSPENSION RING
1
012AE00031 AC Unassigned CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AE00031 AD Unassigned CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AE00031 AE 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AE00031 AF 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AE00031 AG 4TH CENTURY POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AE00031 AH Unassigned POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AE00031 AI ROMAN POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AE00031 AJ Unassigned STONE STONE    
3
012AE00031 AK Unassigned IRON IRON FRAGMENT    
1
012AE00031 AL ANGLIAN IRON IRON KNIFE    
1
012AE00031 AM Unassigned SNAIL SNAIL SAMPLE    
1

Animal Bone By Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AE00031 CATTLE Astragalus
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 CATTLE Ld4
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 CATTLE LM3
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 CATTLE LM3
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 CATTLE Patella
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 CATTLE Phalanx 2
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 CATTLE Phalanx 2
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 CATTLE Radius P
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 CATTLE Skull fr
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 PIG Pelvis
1
0
0
0
1
012AE00031 SHEEP Ld4
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 SHEEP M/C P
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 SHEEP/GOAT Humerus br
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 SHEEP/GOAT Humerus fr
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 SHEEP/GOAT Mand fr
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 SHEEP/GOAT Mand fr
1
0
0
0
1
012AE00031 SHEEP/GOAT Mandible
1
0
0
0
1
012AE00031 SHEEP/GOAT Mandible
1
0
0
0
1
012AE00031 SHEEP/GOAT Radius C
1
0
0
0
0
012AE00031 SHEEP/GOAT Radius P
1
0
0
0
0