| | Area: Trench 5 | | | | Dug in Year: 2013 | | Feature Type: fire installation | | Feature Subtype: | | | | Location: Space 452, north of F.3326, west of F.3324 | | | The assumption that feature 3391 is a fire installation is based on the fact that the fill 31237 appears to be burned clay and that the surface 31240 shows a burned surface inside the installation which is not the case for the part located outside of it.
There were no traces of fire, though, on the neighbouring plaster 31244 and the wall of the installation 31242. The fill 31241 on the other hand seems to fit into the picture. My idea is that if the rather brittle wall would have been built directly on 31240, the big changes in temperature might have caused it to crumble apart. The fill could have functioned as a protection against this fate, despite its small depth. The lack of charcoal throughout the feature could mean that the installation was cleaned before abandonment.
If this is the case, though, I cannot give an explanation of why the clay was left in place. | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 4 | | | | Conservation Recorded: No | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 4 (Click here to view unit list) |
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