Basic Information
- Large N-S aligned wall in the west of trench 3
Contexts
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Context: MDC_3020
- Large wall on N-S alignment on western side of trench 3. Wall appears to end just before northern limit of trench and runs continuously south until it is truncated by circular feature.
- Jodie Hannis
- 16-4-2021
Narrative
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- The wall F302 was N-S aligned and ran for 10.10m until it was fully truncated by a much later pit F303. The wall appears to have been constructed directly onto bedrock in the centre of the trench and as the wall runs northwards, the foundation layer, F300, becomes thicker, perhaps indicating a levelling attempt. Faced stones are intact throughout except on the southern end of the western face, where rubble spreads into section, this could be a very localised robbing for faced stones or collapse event. The wall is significantly truncated on southern end of trench by F303 where the stones are heat affected, cracked, and reddened. The wall here is either deliberately cut by the pit or a burning event had significantly damaged the stone causing the wall to degrade in this area. A lack of a definitive floor surface makes it unclear whether the trench has targeted the inside or outside of a building, however from the topographical survey it is apparent that the inside of the building is east of the wall. The size of the wall indicates a substantial building, possibly a hall. During the excavation no associated E-W aligned wall has been found at either end of the wall, this is possibly because it has been fully removed by the later pit F303. Walls 3025, F307 and 3026, F306 in the southwest of the trench are on a very similar alignment to this wall however it is not possible to say whether they are related due to the truncation of the pit F303.
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- Nat Jackson
- 7-5-2021
Dating Narrative
- No Interpretations
Matrix
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