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 3977
| Context Number: | 3977 |
| Description: | Crushed tile spread. Possible floor |
| Notes: | Remnant of crushed tile floor with yellow gravel. The gravel, appears to be slumping with burnt gravel on the slope and evidence of burnt clay and CBM in central hollow. Possibly, a house floor slumping into a pit or a well in south east corner of Room 2, House 1. Overlain by thin layer of burnt clay. Appears to respect narrow linear feature filled with clay running N-S across the room. Overlying fine gravel make-up. Not excavated in 2002. To be completed in 2003 (?) Plan no: 15.102, 15.103, - but replanned as 15.106, 15.107 |
| Composition: | Compact, reddened burnt area with yellow mortar and pale yellow gravel Very few inclusions, only a little CBM and flint |
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