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To catch up with developments in the last few days, I removed the final pot (10675) from the rubbish mound, and have finished plans in scales 1:20 and in 1:10. One pot was left in situe as it seems to belong to a lower layer with floors running right up to it. Having defined the extent of the spread of the pit fill on all sides, I began to explore the platform, F.1312. I removed a layer from here (10685), which then left several other plaster faces and various skims freed up and awaiting removal. I removed plaster faces from the platform edge, from the boarder with the bench, from the pilaster, and exposed an edge to the south of the building (layers 11200, 11209, 11211). Also several small skims came off the South end of the platform, all very similar and not changing very much. Some interesting plaster build-ups which overlapped with the rubbish pit area were also removed, these suggest that the platform edge may have been trampled down and repaired many times over, leading to a mass of plaster/floor layers. A definite plaster surface survived separating the platform and the rubbish pit, suggesting that they were originally separate but abutting. Following this, another layer was removed from the platform floor, it looks like 2 surfaces down the platform floor runs under the rubbish fill, which would create a very uneven surface. Slumping towards the South has been a constant feature of the platform surfaces, burials have just started turning up in the other platforms, it is possible that there is one in here too. Today I removed one floor (11213) and have been trying to find the East wall of the building (F.102). The higher mud-bricks belong to an earlier building, but I uncovered some lower blocks which have a different consistency to them (wall bricks removed 11224, mortar 11225). It looks like there is a niche in the wall at one point, whose surface is at the platform floor level (in a few floors time). The South wall remains to be defined.Entered By: Alex Pryor |
