Basic Information
- Series of Roman refuse pits
Sub Groups
Group Description
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- Context (945), a layer, overlay (941), the latest fill of [942], which was filled by (944) and primary fill (947). The later fills were seen as latter back fill events, and primary fill (947) was seen as an inwash deposit that resulted from the excavation of these pits. The cut itself was probably a series of smaller cuts dug out to access the gravels of the site area. The recorded cut [942] was dug into (952), the latest fill of [950], and primary fill (951). Cut [942] was dug into (1237), the fill of Roman pit [1238], perhaps dug to dispose of pyre debris as indicated by the moderate amounts of charcoal found within the fill. The pit was dug into the (660)=(852), one of the latest back fills of quarry pit/face recorded in subgroup 209.
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- Chaz Morse
- 25-10-2011
Dating Information
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- A total of six pot sherds were recovered from this feature, all of which were dated to 100-120AD. A total of 15 pot sherds were recovered from fills (941) and (944), all of which were dated to 180-400AD. The primary fill of pit [942] produced one pot sherd dated to 50-160AD. These earlier sherds are seen as residual.
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- Chaz Morse
- 25-10-2011