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but the east end was steep-sloping then stepped 

 onto a flat base. The grave contained the remains 

 of an adult skeleton (Plate 2), some bones only 

 apparent as staining within the surrounding subsoil. 

 This individual had again been interred in a coffin. 

 A complete pottery vessel (SF201) was found next 

 to the skull, a bronze coin (SF195) placed close to 

 the right hand and an iron spoon next to the lower 

 left leg. 



INH3 - F3134. The grave cut was 1.75 x 0.70m in 

 plan, with a maximum depth of 0. 1 5m. The profile 

 was almost vertically sided, but moderately sloping 

 at either end onto a broad flat base. This grave 

 contained the remains of an adult skeleton. The 

 condition of the bone was generally poor with many 

 of the smaller bones absent. A cluster of hobnails 

 was present at the foot end of the grave. 



AREA 2 

 INTRODUCTION 



A plan of all features in this area is given in Figure 

 7. The overlying layer sequence can be seen on 

 Figure 8f, and in this area comprised topsoil 

 (4000) varying between 0.25-0. 40m thick, at its 

 shallowest above intact midden deposits (see 

 below). The greatest depths of topsoil were 

 recorded in the north and east portions of the site, 

 where a localised deposit of pale brown silty sand 

 subsoil (4077), 0. 15m thick, was present. Artefacts 

 recovered from this layer suggest a Romano-British 

 date for its formation. Below this was a surviving 

 buried soil horizon, its extent covering most of 

 the western half of the excavation area and 

 probably representing a buried former land surface 

 (4206, 4089). This layer varied from 0.5-0. 3m 

 thick and comprised a mottled greyish-brown 

 sandy silt. Where this layer was present towards 

 the northern part of Area 2 it was partly sealed by 

 the midden. A deeper subsoil (4074, see Figure 

 8b) was only present at the east and west of the 

 area, away from the main concentration of 

 archaeological activity. The natural subsoil 

 (context 4090) consisted of greensand and clay 

 with outcrops of greensand bedrock. 



With the exception of a single north to south 

 aligned ditch (shown as a modern field boundary 

 on Figure 2) the remaining deposits and features 

 in this area were of later Romano-British date. 



Plate 2 : Inhumation 2 (view from east) 



PHASE 2: LATE ROMANO- 

 BRITISH 



Linear features 



The area was crossed by a series of linear features 

 aligned both north to south and east to west, of 

 which three of these were partly sealed by midden 

 deposits and terminated to the south within the 

 limits of the excavation. The three main north-south 

 ditches (F4261, F4288 and F4254 on Figure 7) 

 were partly sealed by the midden deposit and the 

 upper fills contained midden-type soils. The largest 

 of these (F4261) continued beyond the excavation 

 limits to the north and had a maximum width of 

 2m, and variable steep-sloping profile with an 

 average depth of 0.8m. Segments excavated through 

 ditch F4261 (e.g. Seg. 4072, Figure 8f) showed fills 

 of varying sandy clays and silts, with some primary 

 fills (context 4085, etc) with evidence for gleying. 

 The two remaining north to south aligned linear 



