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F00489

Posthole of roundhouse B1. It is difficult to indicate in section how closely packed the posthole was - especially with c.10 x 15 cm "dumped" stone toward the top. No daub, no pot, no red limestone, no "blue" layers; few chipples.

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27 cms

55 cms

posthole of B1

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F00518

B3, C3

Posthole. Small indentation from C3/B3 edge just inside cutting. Its appearance from surface was of a disturbed area around flat bedrock. After being trowelled to a depth of approximately 10 cms, more sloping stones appeared, but their inclination was flatter, and more like bedrock. No finds.

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C3, B3 edge

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F00529

Posthole of the B1 round house). Not obvious from surface, but once a little way down the bedrock edge became more solid. Infill material was typical of the other postholes -a packing of small stones and soil. No apparent differing layer at the bottom although a small amount of charcoal was found 12cm. from the bottom. The occasional burnt pink stone was found amongst the infill, and also daub. Finds: Small amount of charcoal. The occasional burnt pink stone and some daub, and a burnt flint flake [CH72/ 2650-2, 2772] .

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23 cms diam

61 cms

posthole of B1

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F00530

Posthole of the B1 round house. More flat stones tumbled in than in some other postholes, with soil and a few small stones as in-fill. Small pieces of daub were found and three stones were burnt red. At the bottom there was a 2cm. chipple and soil layer. Finds: 4 Small pieces of daub and one small piece of bone [CH72/ 2769].

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22 cms diam

48 cms

posthole of B1

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F00531

Posthole of the B1 round house. Infill consisted of small stones and soil with 3 cm. chipple layer at the bottom. On the eastern edge at the top there are some vertical stones which could either be tumble or some form of edging. Small quantity of burnt stones from this posthole. Associated finds: Two small pieces of pot, together with 6 pieces of daub and a small quantity of charcoal. Small quantity of burnt stone.

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23 cms diam

51 cms

posthole of B1

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F00532

Round house posthole. Infill similar to other postholes in the structure, consisting of small stones and earth with a chippley layer at the bottom; The south-eastern edge sloped inwards with flat stones - probably packing stones. Pieces of slag-like material were found halfway down the posthole and 8 fragments of daub [CH72/ 2773, 7002].

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24 cms diam

44 cms

posthole of B1

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F00533

Round house posthole. Infill consisted of the usual earth and stones, although the top 25cms did contain larger stone than the remaining bottom half. The chipple layer was found right at the bottom. Finds: A large piece of daub came from about 15cm. from the turf line, and two fragments of charcoal {CH72/ 2776, 6193].

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31 cms diam

49 cms

posthole of B1

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F00534

Round house posthole. Infill consisted of small stones and soil with slightly more soil nearer the bottom; Small amounts of daub and bone found [CH72/ 2915-6] and one or two pieces of burnt stone.

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26 cms diam

51 cms

posthole of B1

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F00540

Posthole of structure A2, underneath road surface and near to perimeter of round house, in line with posthole F574. The section shows a clear postpipe, which was distinguished as 540(a) The rest of the hole contained packing stones, large stones with earth and very few chipples. On southern edge of the posthole appeared a number of vertical packing stones as seen in plan. The postpipe, feature F00540(a), contained finds: 2 fragments of bone, 5 pieces of daub and a body sherd of brown-black fabric [CH72/7147-7149, 7220].

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posthole of A2

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F00543

Posthole. Initially seen as a disturbed area in line with other postholes. The upper plan shows the initial trowelling which ceased about 20cm. down when solid bedrock was reached. Middle plan and section shows the true posthole further to the south-east of the disturbed area. The posthole continued to about 48cms below the clear edge: halfway down there was large (15cm.x 15cm. approximately) flat stone lying almost horizontally, either collapsed packing or a levelling up of the base for the post. No finds except one small fragment of charcoal, 2 bones 5 lumps of daub, and a small piece of pot [CH72/ 7147-9, 7220].

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30 cms diam

65 cms

posthole of A2

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F00544

Posthole in structure A2. This posthole lay in interior of the later roundhouse and in line with postholes F570, F572 and F575. Bellow the chipple burnt surface the in-fill of the posthole consisted of big flat stones amongst earth tightly packed. Pieces of daub came from the upper half of the posthole. The lower half of the posthole was filled with a grey earth layer and small stones. Finds included: 4 sherds of pottery, 26 pieces of daub, 2 fragments of bone, and 3 bits of charcoal [CH 72/ 7227-9].

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56 cms diam

58 cms

posthole of A2

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F00545

Posthole of A2 group. Only about 20cm. from the edge of F531 (round house B1). This posthole contains some very large packing stones, one of which is extensively burnt. There are two definite layers which differ in colour. The upper layer contains dark earth with small stones and nearer the surface these become more chippley and burnt. The lower layer has yellower more sub-soil type earth with less small stones (many individual pieces of oolite can be seen). Small pieces of daub and bone in upper layer. Finds included: 3 body sherds, 16 pieces of daub, and 2 fragments of bone [CH72/ 7203, 7269-71, 7303-4]

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43 cms diam

56 cms

F00531

posthole of A2

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F00546

Posthole of long house A2, lying inside round house B1. Seen from the surface as a soil and small stone depression. The soil and small stone in-fill continued about 40cm. down, to a very larg flat stone lying horizontally. Under this the soil turned a grey colour with slightly fewer stones. Finds included: 5 small pieces of daub, a fragment of bone, and 5 lumps of charcoal [CH72/ 7262-5].

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60 cms diam

58 cms

posthole of A2

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F00547

Long house posthole. At top recognised by irregularly lying stones [as an infill above the hole] and chipples a few of which were pink. The southern edge was more chippley and stone-free, but the northern side had large flat stones tightly packed with a small amount of soil. Finds: 14 small pieces of daub found in the upper half of the posthole, 1 small bodysherd, a piece of iron, and a fragment of bone, together with 6 pieces of charcoal [CH72/ 7266-8, 7305-7].

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52 cms diam

72 cms

posthole of A2

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F00575

Posthole of structure A2. The upper part of the hole contained a large number of stones packed tightly with brown soil. About half way down the hole were several packing stones on their sides, one partially burnt on its edge. Below this the postpipe had collapsed inwards towards the bottom layer of thin silt with few stones. No finds.

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75 cms

53 cms

posthole of A2

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