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Short Description:
North South aligned wall in South-West corner of trench 3 - Lower course on slightly different alignment to 3025
Issued to
Jodie Hannis | 22/04/2021
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Interpretation

    • We initially interpreted this to be a lower course or foundation course of wall underneath 3025, given the slight misalignment with 3025. Possible different interpretation: the difference between 3025 and 3026 is not an upper and a lower course but rather two different sections of wall on southern end and northern end of feature. This would explain the misalignment on the north end and show a continuous stretch of plastered wall on both courses where it is abutted by 3021 on south side. This interpretation seems more likely?
      • Jodie Hannis
    • 23-4-2021

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Rough faced limestone blocks with light grey limestone mortar and rough rubble core.
  • Length; 0.40 Width; 0.38 Thickness; 0.16
  • Roughly faced.
  • Single course seen on North end of wall. Unevenly coursed
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  • East facing, west face under trench baulk.
  • Some mortar evident
  • Length; 1.44 Width; 0.82 Thickness; 0.23
  • This wall runs underneath wall 3025 on slightly different alignment. Presumably wall 3021 also abuts this lower course of wall but this relationship is not seen.

Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: MDC_306
    • N-S aligned wall in SW corner of Tr3 under F307

Site Photos

  • Photo: MDC_210865
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    • West looking photo of wall 3021 in the south of trench 3. 1m scale.
  • Photo: MDC_210870
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    • West looking photo of detail showing plaster/mortar between walls 3021, 3025 and 3036. 0.40m scale.
  • Photo: MDC_210873
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    • South looking photo showing the relationship between walls 3025 and 3026 in the south of trench 3. 0.40m scale
  • Photo: MDC_211661
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    • Photo of walls 3021, 3025 and 3026 MDC21_21-04-20_CAM03_IMG143748142.jpg
  • Photo: MDC_211662
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    • Photo of walls 3021, 3025 and 3026 MDC21_21-04-20_CAM03_IMG143758955.jpg
  • Photo: MDC_211663
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    • Photo looking north of Jodi cleaning wall with Nat watching MDC21_21-04-20_CAM03_IMG143947030.jpg
  • Photo: MDC_211790
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    • North facing of trench 3 post ex
  • Photo: MDC_211791
    • North facing of trench 3 post ex
  • Photo: MDC_211793
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    • Photo of possible quarry pit and walls

Record Details

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  • Jodie Hannis 22-4-2021
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