Basic Information
- Large east-west aligned building
Contexts
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Context: MDC_1002
- East -West aligned wall within Trench 1. E-W aligned wall of coursed square flat faced limestone and gritty coarse grey/cream lime mortar.
- Jacob Grout
- 9-8-2019
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Context: MDC_1003
- North-South aligned wall within trench 1. N-S aligned wall of coursed square flat faced limestone and gritty coarse grey/cream lime mortar.
- Aimee Parker
- 10-8-2019
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Context: MDC_1006
- Layer under degraded sandstone within building. Mid brown silt, with moderate pebbles.
- Michelle Leboutte
- 12-8-2019
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Context: MDC_1008
- Southern extent of the east-west aligned wall curtain wall. E-W aligned wall of coursed square flat faced limestone and lime mortar. Max size of blocks 30x15x23cm.
- Rachael Vallis
- 16-8-2019
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Context: MDC_1012
- Blockup of door, mid dark greyish brown, silty sand with 90% inclusion of poorly sorted angular stones (ranging 6-50cm), pebbles, and lime mortar.
- John Cauchi
- 20-8-2019
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Context: MDC_1014
- Gravely layer underneath pebbles outside of building. Mid greyish brown sandy clayey silt with 40% sub angular gravel (<5cm), 10% mortar, <5% sub angular stones (<15cm) inclusions.
- Brett Vallis
- 21-8-2019
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Context: MDC_1019
- Layer underneath door block up. Mid reddish brown sandy silt with 5% gravel, 5% angular stones (5cm) and <1% charcoal inclusions.
- Pandora Thoresby
- 21-8-2019
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Context: MDC_1023
- Threshhold of door. Single course of regular limestone blocks c.28x19x15cm facing N-S. No bonding material evident.
- Jacob Grout
- 21-8-2019
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Context: MDC_1025
- Construction cut for wall (1002). Linear in shape with uneven sides and a flat base. E-W oriented.
- Andree Welsh
- 21-8-2019
Narrative
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- An east–west aligned building defined by walls (1002) and (1003) and the southern curtain wall (1008). Two courses of well-constructed masonry remained extant in walls (1002) and (1003). However, the construction sequence of the building was not immediately straightforward. The north–south aligned wall (1003) abutted the curtain wall—suggesting that the curtain wall was the earlier feature—but also abutted the east–west aligned wall (1002). Wall (1003) measured 0.57 m in width, whilst wall (1002) measured 0.84 m wide. Wall (1003) was slightly inset from the eastern end of wall (1002) giving it the appearance of having been constructed later. However, after careful investigation, it appears that wall (1002) probably originally measured the same width as (1003) but had been rebuilt as a thicker wall at some point. This was suggested by a cutting back of the masonry at the north end of wall (1003), where a subtle disturbance remained evident within the stonework. A well-constructed doorway was observed within wall (1002) towards its eastern end, which had subsequently been blocked up. The chamfered threshold stones remained beneath the blocking. No floor surface remained within the interior of the structure, however, a possible subfloor (1006) was observed. The interior of walls (1002) and (1003) had been plastered, much of which was now missing. The function of the building remains uncertain.
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- Chris Scott
- 28-8-2019
Dating Narrative
- No Interpretations