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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2005 |
| Feature Type: fire installation |
| Feature Subtype: hearth |
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| Location: In the middle, close to the south wall |
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| Grid X: 1048.65 Grid Y: 1154.8 |
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It is a free standing hearth towards the south side of the building. It is on the NE part of the platform 2128 and forms the NE border of it. Also the NE part of the hearth is damaged or might it be the opening of it??? The side walls of the hearth can be trced but just the bottom-most part of them is preserved.
2006 - After realising that the removal of floor layers from F.2129 had released layers on hearth F.2122, a number of layers from the hearth were excavated. An attempt was made to match the plaster and packing layers on the lip of the hearth with the burnt layers on the hearth surface itself. However, the hearth was badly truncated - at the upper levels - and this proved difficult to accomplish. It became clear that layer 13251 was a distinct, white layer that seemed to extend around the hearth lip and (at least partially) across the surface. This layer also has patches of red paint showing on the outside edges. It became clear, however, that this layer could not be fully revealed until plaster layer 13265 and packing layer 13249 above 13251 were removed - and these could not be removed as they were stratigraphically later than the dirty floor surfaces on platform F.2128 - which lapped up against the hearth. This layer should be the first target of further excavation.
Unit 13245 was removed which appeared to be a lump of material used to repair damage on the NE corner of the hearth - where this repair fits in the sequence is not clear.
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| above: (Click to view the record) 2128 |
| abutted by: (Click to view the record) 2194 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 1 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 18 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
| Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 14 (Click here to view unit list) |
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