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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Query - Results
Full Record for Context Number 1533
| Context Number: | 1533 |
| Description: | SE wall of room 3, House 1. |
| Notes: | Wall at the south of rooms 2 and 3 in the NE house. See 1998 context card for the section at Room 3. Section at the south end of Room 2 consists of 3 courses with a homogenous bond and there is less CBM used in construction (this is a significant element, particularly of the top course of the more SW section of this wall). The most SE section is an extension 3271, added when southerly room of NE house was extended. 1533 is the top course only for the southern section, all flints for northern section (separate number for make-up). Plan no: Part of wall plans for house 1 Section no: 317, 321, 345 Accuracy rating - 3 Use of reused broken brick and tile, as rubble infill of wall. Truncated at junction with 1168. |
| Composition: | Linear, single course of knapped flint wall with 40% CBM inclusions. Some flints are rough and some are dressed. Bonded by a sandy loam with some clay and degraded mortar. SW part: 4m x 0.5m NE part: 2m x 0.5m Clear but wavy edge definition |
| Above: | 5929 |
| Below: | 5918 |
| Small Finds: | 10331 2617 |
