Building 120

Area: TPC 

Location: South half of TPC trench 3 

This building was constructed during or before the Roman occupation of this area, but after the Chalcolithic. It was built into the area created by terracing cut [30229], which has been dug into Neolithic mud-brick material. It extends beyond the S edge of TPC trench 3, but is bounded within the trench by 3 walls: f.3948, f.3984, and f.7150. It contains three bins-- plastered at the bottom and containing burned deposits consisting only of ash and charcoal. The bins were built in succession, and the most likely earliest one (f.7152) is the deepest, suggesting that the use of these bins may have involved scooping from them and deepening over time, or they were systematically emptied after use. All of the features in this building, including all bins, walls, and the floor, show signs of having been plastered. 4 complete vessels were found in situ on the floor of the building (in u.30246). Also noteworthy is the number of roof finial sfound in wall f. 7150. See space sheet (509) for a sketch of the building's features. A 3D model was also created for this building on 14/07/13. The function, we hypothesize to be a kind of storeroom as it contains three plastered bins but its builders did not appear to spend very much time establishing a flat floor (it slopes up toward the east) and it does not seem like a building meant for elaborate display, rather a functional building. We found as well vessels used for shipping (see 30246.x3) and other large vessels (30246.x1 and 30246.x4); the shipping containers especially suggest this building played a role in trade and redistribution. The lack of ovens or hearths make the building unlikely to have been a domestic space, although extension of excavation to the south might alter this interpretation, and the haphazard style of construction is often characteristic of Iron Age houses in this area. 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

Conservation Recorded: No

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