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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2013 |
| Feature Type: post pit |
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| Location: S wall of Sp.87 |
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| Grid X: 1050.21 Grid Y: 1182.33 |
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Post retrieval pit comprising infill (U.20696) and cut (U.20697). This feature cuts the plastered platform (U.20628) in its E and N side, and floor (U.20914) and clay packing (U.20912) in its W side.
A post retrieval scar is visible in the S wall, together with numerous micro-layers of ashes and charcoal of ca. 25cm depth in total that seem to have been re-deposited after the pit was infilled.
The W side of the feature is ill-defined due to the difficulty entailed in distinguishing between the silty clay sediments that compose the pit infill (U.20696) and the clayish sediments of the S wall undercut (U.20912).
The bottom of the pit sloped towards the SW and has been heavily affected by bioturbation (animal burrowing). Several oven fragments (burnt clay) were encountered towards the bottom.
Two large natural rocks were found within the infill, maybe part of the original post feature, aimed at giving more stability to the post and to hold it vertically.
The nature of the infill was similar to the building infill in the top 5-10cm of the feature, but the sediment appeared to be moister and looser as we excavated deeper. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| cuts: (Click to view the record) 7114 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 8 (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: 2 (Click here to view unit list) |
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