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Short Description:
Blocking masonry of door 8010
Issued to
Matthew Juddery | 18/07/2014
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Interpretation

    • Blocking of post-medieval door - only partially blocked to form a window(?)
      • Matthew Juddery
    • 22-7-2014
    • Blocking masonry of post-medieval door cut [8010] with stone, flint nodule and CBM materials of variable sizes - 0.34 x 0.15m, 0.20 x 0.12m, 0.12 x 0.05m. Finish of stones is variable - squared, faced, roughly hewn, random coursing and bonded with lime mortar, yellow grey, frequent sub-angular grit. Faces are N and S.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

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Description

  • Stone, flint nodules, CBM
  • Variable - 0.34 x 0.15m, 0.20 x 0.12m, 0.12 x 0.05 m
  • Variable - squared, faced, roughly hewn
  • Random coursing
  • Blocking of door 8010
  • N and S
  • Lime mortar, yellow grey, frequent, small sub-anbgualr grit
  • 1.27 x 1.86 x n/a m
  • Poorly constructed blocking material. Variety of material used, including material possibly associated with the monastic phase of the building.

Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: LA_803
    • Post-medieval door

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