| | Area: South | | | | Dug in Year: 1999 | | Feature Type: wall | | | | Location: North of west end, of e-w wall f.299. South limit - Sp. 115. | | | | Grid X: 909.7 Grid Y: 973.6 | | | Description: F.503 was a roughly constructed e-w wall, located in the sw. corner of the midden, within Space 115. It lay immediately north of e-w wall F.299, which represents the southern boundary of the midden. The wall consisted mainly of only two courses of brick and mortar, but within it's central area, a 'block' of wall extended downward for a further two courses - see overleaf. There were small remnants of plaster facing, surviving on both the north and south face of the wall. These remnants, only up to 0.60m in length, lay opposite each other, toward the western limit of F.503.
Discussion: F.503 was a roughly built, (and often hard to define), wall. The deposits below the wall, looked like wall collapse or demolition debris, onto which the wall was constructed. The purpose of the 'block' sketched above is uncertain, though I understand it's not an uncommon occurrence. (Unfortunately, we've lost the e-w dimension of this section of wall). The two areas of plaster facing, lieing opposite each other on the north and south wall faces, may be assoc. repair work, rather than remnants of complete plaster faces. We suspect that F.503 was built as a reinforcing wall, to consolidate the southern limit of the midden area. | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 6 | | | | Conservation Recorded: No | Buildings:
none | Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 12 (Click here to view unit list) |
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