Short Description:
Cut of a possible flue/stokehole filled with sand and copper droplets inserted into metalworking pit F206
Issued to
Ben Swain | 30/09/2023
Interpretation
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- Cut of a square socket/shaft through the intact fill 2581 of metalworking pit F206. This cut was filled with material 2504 - a sand containing charcoal and burnt wood as well as copper droplets likely from the metalworking process. It is possible this shaft represents some form of flue or stokehole, perhaps even a bellows chamber. The sand was extremely heat affected near the base and at the edges - almost vitrified, suggesting it was in-situ at the time the pit was in use. This material was 100% sampled in the 2023 season due to its looseness and fragility and likelihood to collapse upon backfill/re-exposure in 2024.
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- Ben Swain
- 30-9-2023
Sketch Photo
- No Files Attached
Description
- Likely Square
- right angled where they survive
- L - 0.22 W - 0.16 T - 0.15
- Sharp
- N/A
- Steep near vertical
- Sharp
- Flat
- Truncates through fill of metalworking pit 2581.