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| Area: South |
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| Dug in Year: 1999 |
| Feature Type: fire installation |
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| Location: south of building 23 |
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| Grid X: 911.02 Grid Y: 967.92 |
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Earliest hearth in southern part of building 23 / space 178.
F.556 was the destroyed remains of the earliest hearth in the south eastern corner of building 23 / space 178. It appears to have been cut into the wall of the underlying buillding F551 (although this is difficult to tell because the wall was in such an eroded state!). and the contemporary floors and earlier floor packing [5134]. Its irregular form and single phase of use suggest that it could have been a temporary fire instalation for use in the early stages of the building. The floors associated with it to the south and east show no evidence of formal surfacing, although the uppermost floor was scattered with bits of stone and burnt bone. It is also interesting that after the use of this oven the area was covered in a thick layer of floor packing [5194] and then a sequence of dirty floors with no associated oven, at least in the south-east corner of the building. It may be that the floors in this area became so compacted beneath the level of the underlying wall, during the use of this oven that it was considered necessary to build-up the area with packing and floors, before it could be used as a working area with hearths once again, as took place in the later phases of the building. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| cuts: (Click to view the record) 551 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 4 (Click here to view unit list) |
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