Short Description:
Cellar wall Grid 3
Issued to
Tony Chapa | 02/06/2018
Interpretation
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- Substantial cellar structure, believed to have had several uses over the course of it's lifespan, including botanical/garden house, print shop and cottage/residence.
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- Brendon Wilkins
- 4-6-2018
Sketch Photo
Description
- Limestone blocks
- variable, extending from small cobbles designed to infil between courses to large undressed boulders up to 1m long.
- Roughly dressed
- drystone, with mortar render in places
- Rectangular wall footing for wooden super structure
- structure orientated north-south (length) and east-west (width), with internal faces of cellar exposed, and external faces buried by bank material/terraced.
- No bonding material
- Overall dimensions of the structure are approximately: Length (N-S) - 10m Width (E-W) - 7.5m Depth - up to 1.4m Individual stone dimensions variable
- Structure also identified as F301
Finds
Feature
- No records attached.
Site Photos
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Photo: DGD_180086
- East facing cellar wall, Slot 1, looking west, 1m scales
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Photo: DGD_180087
- North facing cellar wall, Slot 1, looking south, 1m scales
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Photo: DGD_180089
- Cellar wall, Slot 1, looking southwest, 1m scales
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Photo: DGD_180582
- Post-excavation photo of possible blocked entrance at northern end of Slot 3, looking west, 1m scales
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Photo: DGD_180583
- Post-excavation photo of possible 'threshold' or base of window in western wall of cellar, looking west, 1m scale
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Photo: DGD_180593
- South facing elevation of wall continuing north beyong edge of excavation, looking north, 1m scale
Record Details
- Tony Chapa 2-6-2018
- 2-6-2018