Context

Cutting

Description

Pic

Cat

East

North

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Max Length

Depth/Height

Layer

Overlies/Seals

Overlain/Sealed by

Cuts

Cut by

Abuts/Contiguous

Associated with

Hand FS

Typed FS

Any FS

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Hand drawi

Ink drawing

F00570

Posthole of long house structure A2. The fill was mainly small stones. In the first half of the posthole only one packing stone was found and the sides were almost vertical. No finds were found in the posthole and there were no signs of extensive burning: only three burnt red stones were removed. At the bottom of the posthole the bedrock slopes about 10cms from north to south. At the deeper end a large amount of blue-grey chipples and fine stones were removed in the first half of the posthole and appeared in the section. No finds.

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50 cms diam

52 cms

posthole of A2

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F00571

This posthole was filled with much larger stones than the comparable F570. Just below the topmost stones of the posthole there were four very large stones that showed extensive burning. The stones could possibly have come from the rampart. These four stones were photographed in situ before the rest of the post hole was excavated. There were no finds and there seems to be little evidence of layers in this first half section of the hole, except at the very bottom where there was some blue grey soil and very fine chipples. The stratification in the second half of the posthole differed: here there was a large amount of chipples extending down to 15cms-25 cms below the datum line, and many smooth stones. Under this layer were a number of larger stones which fill in the bottom of the posthole, which appear to have been a collapsed packing. The large burnt stones of the upper fill were therefore probably Period 3 infilling, using stones from the rampart, to make a level surface for the roadway.

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55 cms diam

50 cms

posthole of A2

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F00572

Posthole of structure A2, sealed by road surface. From under the road surface level the posthole contained surface burnt chipples which were the bottom make up of the 3b road. Further down the infill were large flat stones until about 30cms below the road surface when the infill became mostly soil and small stones. This layer merged into a grey layer at the bottom which only differed in colour and not make up. Associated finds: a piece of bone and a bit of charcoal [CH72/ 7029-30]

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54 cms diam

55 cms

posthole of A2

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F00573

Posthole of structure A2, which contained a considerable quantity of burnt red oolite from the top of the hole downwards almost to the base. At approximately 10cms below the datum line a few pieces of burnt daub were removed. A dozen fragments of bone also found [CH72/ 7067-8, 7195] .

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58 cms diam

56 cms

posthole of A2

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F00574

Posthole of structure A2, containing infill of small stones in earth, and some larger packing stones collapsed into the lower portion. At the bottom a yellow-grey silt with few stones. The cobbles of the Period 3 roadsurface sealed the top of the posthole. No finds.

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64 cms diam

46 cms

posthole of A2

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