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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2007 |
| Feature Type: wall |
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| Location: Foundation Trench (FT) 05 |
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Foundation Trench (FT) 05; South-West corner coordinates: 1060.40/1184.38; Formation level: 1010.62m.
N-S mudbrick wall. Lowest 3 courses: Units (15450) and (15451). Top 4 courses: Units (15486) and (15487). Top 4 courses may be re-build.
From Archive Report 2007:
To the west of wall F.2832 wall F.2831, aligned in a north-south orientation, was set on to the inclined west facing wall of F.2835 but also cut in to midden (15437). So, whilst being physically above wall F.2835 was stratigraphically above midden (15437). F.2831 consisted of foundation cut (15601). The lowest 3 courses of bricks (15450) and corresponding mortar (15451) were very different in consistency to the top four courses, which comprised of mudbricks (15486) and mortar (15487). It seems that the wall was trench built and so there was no backfill observed in the cut (which was identified in section, not in plan). It is likely that the top four courses represent a rebuild but until larger scale excavation is undertaken in this area one feature number was allocated to the wall as a whole, for the sake of simplicity. The lowest mudbricks (15450) measured 0.6m x 0.40m x 60mm, consisting of firm light yellowish brown sandy silt and the corresponding mortar (15451) measured up to 2mm thick and consisted of firm dark greyish brown clayey silt. It is important to note here that (15450) and (15451) were the same as the mudbrick and mortar in slumped wall F.2835. The mudbricks in the top four course of wall F.2831 were very different to the lower ones and were made from firm mid brownish grey sandy silt and although their length and width were the same as (15050) they were thicker at up to c.0.10m. As with the brick, the mortar used in the top four courses differed from that used at the bottom consisting of a firm, light greyish white clayey silt. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| adjacent to: (Click to view the record) 2832 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 28 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings:
none | Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 5 (Click here to view unit list) |
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