Short Description:
Recut of ditch F707 in north of trench 2 west
Issued to
Caroline Beason | 13/09/2023
Interpretation
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- Ditch F707 was initially hypothesised to have existed when hints of the edge of a large linear feature were observed in 2021 to the south eastern side of TR2W. This was partially excavated in 2022 but could not be completed and only one edge was observed in section. Upon further investigation in 2023, a huge and likely defensive enclosure ditch [2528] was encountered in an intervention in the northern half of TR2W, representing the continuation of the ditch first observed in 2021. This context [2505] likely represents a recut of this defensive enclosure ditch, highlighted by a V-shape outlined by rubble and various tipping fills that contrast with a much cleaner original clay fill of the first ditch. The slumping of early medieval features into the top of the ditch which stratigraphically places it as the earliest feature on site, combined with the sheer scale of the ditch, it is suspected at this point that the ditch is likely prehistoric in origin, potentially Iron Age. Samples have been taken from various fills for C14 dating to confirm/deny this hypothesis.
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- Ben Swain
- 24-9-2023
Sketch Photo
- No Files Attached
Description
- Linear
- Not visible
- L - 1.00+ W - D -
- Sharp
- Approx N-S
- very steep/diving 45 degrees
- sharp
- V-shaped
- recut of ditch F707
Finds
Feature
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Feature: LDF_707
- NW-SE aligned linear ditch visible in the base of a slot against the eastern baulk of TR2(W)
Record Details
- Not set
- Caroline Beason 13-9-2023
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