| | Area: South | | | | Dug in Year: 1996 | | Feature Type: wall | | | | Location: | | | | Grid X: 911.3 Grid Y: 976 | | | Bricks Max 73x34x6 / min 26 x 34 x 6
Blocking wall made up of up to 7 courses of brick and 8 layers mortar, on top packing or consolidation layer of thick, hard clay mortar with some pieces of brick. This was set onto a shallow slot cut in the underlying floors/step in the gap/doorway, presumably to key it in.
Towards the top, the wall has been keyed into the S wall it abuts, by removing part of the upper 2 or 3 bricks (top very eroded) to enable the upper bricks to extend into the adjacent wall 51 for stability. The plaster on the N end of 51, lining the opening, was largely removed before blocking took place, perhaps as part of the keying-up process. The plaster on the N end of the doorway survives through the tickness of the wall and no keying-in is obvious, although the top surviving course may have extended beyond the plaster.
(Fabric of wall described as [1086], all as one, no separate bricks and mortar, also in sections 31 and 32 with separate bricks and mortar.
Discussion:
This is a blocking wall in a gap in the N-S wall between spaces 107 and 108. The gap has plastered edges and the floors appear to have run through - the step arrangement is not yet clear. It appears to me - & Wendy & David Jenkins - that the upper courses are stepped slightly to allow them to be keyed into the existing brickwork, above the top of the plaster lining the gap South. Shahina feels the upper part of the wall is too eroded for this decision to be made, and that we may be falsely iterpreting the bricks. The blocking was sectioned on 11/8 and the northern part removed, and Wendy took microstrat samples which showed the step up from 108 to 107. However, this has not been clarified, she also sampled a brick, as did Mira. | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Feature Relationships: | | abuts: (Click to view the record) 51 | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 | | Conservation Recorded: No | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
| Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 7 (Click here to view unit list) |
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