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| Area: South |
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| Dug in Year: 1999 |
| Feature Type: platform |
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| Location: SW corner of space 163 |
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| Grid X: 921.79 Grid Y: 968.15 |
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Platform located to the south-west of room space 163, partly obscured by the baulk and heavily truncated.
Consisted of compacted mixed material, very much like the underlying room infill but packed to form a rectangular, upstanding feature. Only the core of packing survives, further layers, presumably including plastering episodes having been removed by Mellart.
Platform in SW corner of sp.163 truncated by prehistoric activity and mostly removed by Mellart, except for a surviving rubble core. No apparent burial cut through it. Difficult to ascertain a function as most of the feature previously removed.
(sf dec 00) Oven 416 was a later construction which clipped the eastern edge of this platform although the platform must have continued to function throughout the lifespan of the building.
Although burial 464 was not located until after the excavation of the platform it very likely cut through and the realtionship has been changed accordingly. A further small cut [4402] probably cut through it too.
Because the cut of pit 440 respects the edges of the platform it may be suggested that the pit was also an original feature and through constant use, the fills abutting the platform gave it the appearance of being later as was originally recorded. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| cut by: (Click to view the record) 416, 440, 464 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 3 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 1 (Click here to view unit list) |
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