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| Area: South |
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| Dug in Year: 1997 |
| Feature Type: bin |
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| Location: SW corner of space 117 |
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| Grid X: 918.5 Grid Y: 974 |
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Defined 1997:
Clay bin. Oval in Shape. Cut away / at edge of / post retrieval pit. Built at the same time as F256 to West
Excavated 1998:
Cut by 2707 post-retrieval pit
Truncated feature to the East of oven F258 which it truncates on its eastern side and uses as its western wall. Its southern wall formed by wall 79 which it abuts and its northern wall is separated into two micromorphology baulks and consists of many different contexts possibly signifying rebuilds, there is a general shift to the north. The eastern side of this feature is truncated by post retrieval pit 2707 so it is unknown how far it extended eastwards originally although the walls begin to curve back into wall 79 before truncation so probably not much further.
The base in it western half is formed by plaster layer 3731 which is the replastering of a previous feature beneath. the base steps down slightly in east and is formed by 2789 I think. Roddy thought this was bin wall collapse. I'm not sure but it may be make up to level base of bin. There is a chance that it stepped down further beneath this and feature beneath this 3658 was also part of bin but layer 23316 was over this and its equivalent in the western half was underneath walls of bin.
The northern wall on its north facing side was rendered with the same plaster that went over F268 oven and F256 bin so may have been in use at the same time as these. However there is no other evidence to suggest this except that ash deposit 2791 sealed base of bin and it is thought to be equivalent to 2798 & 2820 which is possibly debris from oven, although this is very tentative.
There were clay balls and burnt stone 1889 in base of bin. IT is not known if this was in situ from use or associated with abandonment of oven F268. A later deposit of burnt stone 2706 situated in bin cannot be from use as it is later than cut 2707 post retrieval pit. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| abuts: (Click to view the record) 79, 256 |
| contemporary with?: (Click to view the record) 256 |
| cuts: (Click to view the record) 268 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 2 (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: 19 (Click here to view unit list) |
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