The Silchester Project: Roman Town Insula IX The Development of an Urban Property c. AD 40-50 - c. AD 250
Amanda Clarke, Michael Fulford, Michael Rains, 2007. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000259. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000259
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Query - Results
Full Record for Context Number 1015
| Context Number: | 1015 |
| Description: | The flint foundation to the north-west wall of Rooms 2 and 3, House 1. |
| Notes: | Knapped flint wall with facing stones and a flint rubble core. Wall robbed out at NW end but any evidence for robber trench destroyed by Victorians. Possible repair to SW corner of wall, where clay make-up for building has been cut through and possibly deeper for foundations inserted. Possible NE extent of 1015 is 4076, discovered in the 2002 season. 4076 is a fragment containing a cornerstone and a few other flints on the same alignment as 1015 and 3201 but separated from 1015 by robber trench [1535] and Victorian trenches [1124] and [1017]. The section was cut back and re-drawn in 2003. Plan no: Included within the House 1 wall plans collection Section no: 328, 467 [ 01/01/2004] |
| Composition: | Single course of wall comprised of flints measuring 0.11m x 0.24m (dressed facing stones) and 0.05m x 0.18m (rough hewn core flints). Bonded by a degraded mortar that has turned into a sandy loam mixed with the rubble Extent: 9.28m x 0.54m Thickness: 0.2m Clear edge definition |
| Above: | 4243 |
| Below: | 4170 |
| Small Finds: | 5154 5151 5158 |
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