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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Full Record for Context Number 5462
| Context Number: | 5462 |
| Description: | Construction cut for floor |
| Notes: | During excavation of the link room wall and floors in 2004 --in an attempt to explain the very odd stratigraphy --an idea was proposed-that the link room could have been a part of the timber building before it was \'monumentalised\'. There are beam slots along the southern and probably the eastern edges. It is suggested that during the renovation of the room, when it seems to retreat away from the site where round structure 5570 was constructed, the old floor surfaces were cut away so that a new very substantial floor could be laid without raising the ground level too much. There appear to be remnants of old floors between the excavated beam slot [5420] and the space from which (5415) was removed. Strat below [4125], [5755], [5453].-Cuts (3257). Due to time constraints in 2004, the archaeology was protected and investigated further in 2005. Plan no: 10.126, 10.129, 10.147, 10.151, 11.194, 15.148 Accuracy rating - 4 |
| Composition: | Square in plan measuring 5m x 6m but it is heavily-truncated on both the SW and NE sides. Depth unknown Break of slope (top & base): Unknown Flat sides Contains link room floors (5415), (3700), (4587) and link room walls (group no-5754) |
