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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2004 |
| Feature Type: bench |
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| Location: East wall |
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| Grid X: 1054.36 Grid Y: 1169.8 |
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SHL 4/08/04
Plastered plinth at the bottom end of a post hole (?) and vertical plaster in the center of east wall. May or may not be associated with the cluster of plastered horn cores (U.7920). The F.1663 floor appears to be over (or later) than the plinth, as the plastered surface appears to extend under the current floor surface. This feature is clearly attached to the east wall and has vertical plaster an an unplastered circular hole cut into the wall. To the south is a later bench (F.1662), as it lips over the plastered plinth. No indication of attachments to the plinth were found.
Unexcavated in 2004
JLD 15/08/06
Small pedestal or plith constructed against engagaed pillar F.1496. The top two plasttered layers were decorated with a stripe of red paint around the base of the engaged pillar (see sketch on feature sheet). In the latest phase (13674) there are also traces of red paint along the southern edge of the pedestal suggestin it may originally have been completely red around the sides.
During an earlier phase both the pedestal and platform F1662 were the same structure and extended a further 18cm out into the room (see sketch sheet 2) and were cut back, perhaps to create more space for the oven.
The small pedestal remaining was then continually added to as it became worn and as more floors were added to both platform F1666 and central floor area F1663.
From Archive Report 2008:
The northern end of platform F.1662 was raised slightly, forming a small bench, F.1653, which was plastered with (17481). Both platform and bench were sealed by mid brown make up (17474) and repeatedly re-plastered with white clay plaster (17473), (17472), (17424), (17405) and (17401). This constant re-plastering of F.1662 and F.1653 continues throughout the buildings use,
Fully excavated sept 2008. SF
This feature has been described as a small plinth but at its construction inception appears to be more like a bench. Formed of a single, re used brick (17915) it was rendered in mortar (17901), similar to the mortar packing (17927) around post F.1496 and then successivly plastered.
SF 12/07/09 |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| above: (Click to view the record) 1663 |
| abuts: (Click to view the record) 1496 |
| incorporates: (Click to view the record) 1662 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 47 (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: 15 (Click here to view unit list) |
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