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Short Description:
Upper fill of boundary ditch
Issued to
Holly Organ | 20/06/2019
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Interpretation

    • Gradual infill of boundary ditch over time. Ceramic dating suggests an early to mid 2nd century date.
      • Scott Williams
    • 6-7-2019
    • Pottery assement found pottery in this context to date to 100-400 AD.
      • Indie Jago
    • 1-10-2020

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Firm
  • Mid grey-brown
  • Silt
  • <10% random sorted sub round stones
  • Width - 2.2m Thickness - 0.35m
  • Difficult to differentiate the fill from the cut at the archaeological horizon
  • Mattock, trowel, dry conditions

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Ceramic Building Material 1 108 Roof tile (Year 2019)
Ceramic Building Material 3 12 (Year 2019)
Pot 1 4 Nene Valley colour coated ware. AD150-410. (Year 2019)
Ferrous Object 1 9 Iron strip or wire, heavily corroded (Year 2019)
Flint 1 3 Worked. (Year 2019)
Human bone 7 2 Cremated. (Year 2019)
Pot 2 597 Amphora. Dressel 20 handle; late (?) "flat", oval with ridge. AD50-250. (Year 2019)
Pot 3 27 Samian ware. AD50-250. (Year 2019)
Pot 1 15 Mancetter-Hartshill ware. AD140/15+. (Year 2019)
Pot 1 47 Amphora, Campanian black-sand bodysherd. 1st century. (Year 2019)
Pot 39 398 Roman (mixed). (Year 2019)
Pot 3 19 Roman (1 Samian). (Year 2019)
Slag 2 6 (Year 2019)
Animal Bone 10 Slot 3 . 1 tooth. (Year 2019)
Flint 1 3 Slot 3. (Year 2019)
Stone
Pot 7 27 Slot 3. Roman pottery with possible ceramic building material. (Year 2019)
Stone 1 16 Slot 3. Polished stone, ?possibly worked. (Year 2019)

Feature

  • Feature: EPR_109
    • Boundary ditch

Site Photos

  • Photo: EPR_193934
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    • Intersection between roadside ditch and boundary ditch. North facing section

Record Details

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  • Holly Organ 20-6-2019
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