Shows location of spit 2DC181 in relation to the rest of Site 2

002DC00181     Spit


 
Spit Details
Length 550 Width 500 Depth 9
Area  27.5 sq. m Volume
Material Culture Number of Objects 5 Number of Animal Bones 1
Environmental 

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

The matrix diagram above shows all of the spits in Area 2DC indicating their relationship to each other. Click on the spit number which you wish to see in more detail.

Discussion

A terrace was noted running east-west across the central part of area 2DC, and the fill (generally a hillwash, with occasional chalk inclusions) was removed in a number of arbitrary spits. This the final of three spits removed from the central part of the terrace. When analysed, it appears that the terrace begins to fill during the Roman period, a process which is apparently completed sometime during the Anglian period (002DC00171). All of the potsherds from this lower hillwash are from the Roman period. Only one animal bone was recovered from this layer.

Context Details

KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
002DC00181 SPIT SUB-RECTANGULAR
550
500
9
 FLAT OCCASIONAL ROUNDED AND ANGULAR NATURAL STONE INCLUSIONS. SOME BONE AND A FEW PIECES POT. PREDATES MAJOR TERRACE FILL. PROBABLY REPRESENTS A HILLWASH?

Objects

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
002DC00181 AC 2-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMAN
1
002DC00181 AA 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JBCUR ROMANO-BRITISH
1
002DC00181 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD JBCUR ROMANO-BRITISH
1
002DC00181 AD 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
002DC00181 AE 3-4C POTTERY SHERD L ROMANO-BRITISH
1

Animal Bone

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
002DC00181 Horse M/T P 1 0 0 0 0