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Archaeology South-East2008058: Holbury Infants School, Holbury, Hampshire5.4.2 All of the pieces are well preserved showing no clear evidence of decay.One of the larger pieces, identified as Oak (Quercus sp.), has severalpossible cut marks at right angles to its length. However these may resultfrom excavation as none of the pieces are deliberately shaped and no otherevidence for working is apparent. One of the smaller pieces includes knotwoodand two other specimens display twisted wood that develops aroundknots. They may all originate from a single larger timber. Unfortunately thepieces do not retain any sapwood (preferable for dating oak) so are notsuitable for dendrochronological dating.ContextNumber1023Specimennumber1234NotesTable 8: Details of waterlogged wood55 x 8 x 4.5cm. Well preserved, no sapwood,some possible cuts at right angles to itslength.18 x 5 x 4cm Well preserved, no sapwood,specimen is twisted and includes knot wood,no working is evident16 x 4 x 4cm Well preserved, no sapwood,specimen is twisted and includes knot wood,no working is evident51 x 13 x 9 cm Well preserved, no sapwood,specimen includes some knot wood, noworking is evidentIdentificationOak - Quercus sp.---5.5 IronworkElke Raemen5.5.1 The ironwork consists mainly of nail fragments. All of these are heavilycorroded with corrosion products and stones adhering to them. Due to thefragmentary nature and poor condition, no typology can be made. A total of21 general purpose nail fragments were recovered, most of which are shankfragments. Five heavy duty nails were recovered from two differentcontexts, [1058] and [1107] both fills of possible hearth [1057]. In addition,two strip fragments were recovered: one from possible hearth [1057] within[1058] and one from probable quarry pit [1004] within [1006].5.6 Burnt ClayElke Raemen5.6.1 Three fabric types can be distinguished over a total of 22 pieces from ninedifferent contexts. These fabrics are described below:Fabric type 1Sparse fine sand-tempering, occasionally with rare inclusions of clay pelletsto 3 mm, or angular flint inclusions to 3 mm, or rare iron oxide inclusions to 2mm.Fabric type 2Sparse fine sand-tempering with rare to occasional clay pellets to 2 mm andrare to occasional iron oxide inclusions to 3 mm.30© Archaeology South-East
Archaeology South-East2008058: Holbury Infants School, Holbury, HampshireFabric type 3Sparse fine sand-tempering with occasional organic inclusions to 3 mm andrare iron oxide inclusions to 2 mm.5.6.2 All pieces are from Roman dated contexts. Most fragments consist ofamorphous lumps, though two pieces show possible wattle marks. A piecefrom probable quarry pit [1009] within [1008] has a possible wattle impressionwith a diameter of 6 mm, while a fragment from hearth [1057] in uppermost fill[1058] has an impression with a diameter measuring 9 mm. Six pieces haveflat surfaces, (from probable quarry pit [1009] within [1017], probable quarrypit [1004] within [1042] and fill [1058] of hearth [1057]], all of which have asmooth finish apart from a fragment from [1058], one from [1017] and a piecefrom [1042], the latter possibly being part of flooring. A possible piece ofbricketage has been recovered from [1022], a fill of probable quarry pit[1009].5.7 Unworked StoneElke Raemen5.7.1 A total of six pieces of stone were recovered from five different contexts inaddition to the definite quernstone fragments (see below). Two pieces ofpossible Tertiary limestone were recovered; one from probable quarry pit[1004] in fill [1036] and one from probable quarry pit [1009] in fill [1018].5.7.2 In addition [1018] a fill of [1009] contained a hard fine sandstone/quartzitecobble and a piece of coarse sandstone was recovered from [1014]. Twopieces of Lower Greensand were recovered, one from probable quarry pit[1004] from [1005] and one from probable quarry pit [1009] from [1017].They are too small to be diagnostic, but are likely to be quernstonefragments (see registered finds). The majority of the material seems waterworn, which might indicate that they were collected from a river or beach.5.8 Registered FindsElke Raemen5.8.1 A relatively large number (6) of rotary quernstone fragments wererecovered. These are from four different contexts, three from withinprobable quarry pit [1004], [1006], [1035], [1042] and one from the primaryfill [1076] of slot [1075] linear A. All of the fragments are of LowerGreensand, probably from Lodsworth. Of the more diagnostic pieces, twofragments are parts from upper stones (RF and RF ), while twoother pieces are fragments of lower stones (RF and RF ). Thethickness of the outer edge of the upper stones is 56 mm (RF ) and 41mm (RF ). None of the lower stones have surviving edges. Themaximum thickness of all quern fragments varies between 36+ mm and 99+mm. In addition the approximate diameter from quern fragment RF fromlinear [1075] [1076] can be reconstructed at 300 mm.5.8.2 Four fragments of Roman glass were recovered from three differentcontexts, one from possible hearth/pit [1051] within [1052] and two frompossible hearth/pit [1057] from fills [1059] and [1107]. All pieces are pale31© Archaeology South-East
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