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Prof
Michael
Fulford
Professor of Archaeology
School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
University of Reading
Whiteknights
PO Box 227
Reading
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Context Number: | 1165 |
Description: | Main section of long outer wall of House 1, on northern edge |
Notes: | Cruder construction than the earlier internal walls of House 1. wall terminates at SW end with no evidence of it's abutting wall. Is truncated in NW corner by pit [1438]. No evidence for the original foundation cut as it has been truncated by the Victorian trench. A 1m section was cut through 1165 in 2001 (section 338) Section no: 338 & 343 |
Composition: | Made up of flint nodules, occasional CBM and river cobbles. Flints measure 30cm, 10-20cm, CBM measures 9cm and river cobbles 10cm. 2 courses of roughly dressed flints nodules, 17cm high. Knapped faces do not form the face of the wall - they point in all directions suggesting the flints are re-used Bonded by a yellow brown clay (similar in character to (3048) and (3049)) |
Above: | 3033 |
Below: | 3082 |
Small Finds: | 6651 |