Locus A.7K51.027

General Information

Locus Type:

Architecture

Supervisor:

D. Holloway

Designation:

N-S wall

Reason:

Stones in a line

Top Separation:

Bottom Separation:

Start Date:

30 Jun, 1992

End Date:

24 Jul, 1992

Interpretation

Function:

The upper courses have been incorporated into the lower portion of Wall 3; poss an Iron Age wall somehow relating to the cornerstone in the N side of Walls 5 & 46

Stratigraphy remarks:

Pre-dates Wall 3

Balk:

Phase:

Stratum :

Architecture Description

Material

chert Qualifier 1:

chert Qualifier 2:

chert Qualifier 3:

chert Percent:

0

Limestone Qualifier 1:

None

Limestone Qualifier 2:

Limesotne Qualifier 3:

Limestone Percent:

100

basalt Qualifier 1:

basalt Qualifier 2:

basalt Qualifier 3:

basalt Percent:

0

nari Qualifier 1:

nari Qualifier 2:

nari Qualifier 3:

nari Percent:

0

mudbrick Qualifier 1:

mudbrick Qualifier 2:

mudbrick Qualifier 3:

mudbrick Percent:

Arch Frags:

0

Fragment Type:

Quarry:

Wall Stones

Cobble (6-25 cm) %:

5

Small Boulder (25-50cm) %:

Medium Boulder (50-75cm) %:

0

Large Boulder (75-100cm) %:

0

Very Large Boulder (>1 m) %:

0

Chinkstones

Pebble (.2-6 cm) %:

0

Cobble (6-25 cm) %:

100

Fillstones: (in Rubble-filled Construction)

Cobble (6-25 cm) %:

0

Small Boulder (25-50cm) %:

0

Medium Boulder (50-75cm) %:

0

Large Boulder (75-100cm) %:

0

Very Large Boulder (>1 m) %:

0

Brick

Length (upper):

0.0

Length (lower):

0.0

Width (upper):

0.0

Width (lower):

0.0

Depth (upper):

0.0

Depth (lower):

0.0

Dressing: (Stone Only)

Unhewn %:

100

Semi-hewn %:

Dressed %:

0

Ashlar %:

0

Bossed %:

0

Tooling (Stone Only)

Upper Width:

0.0

Lower Width:

0.0

Upper Length:

0.0

Lower Length:

0.0

Sketch:

false

Photo:

false

Mortar

Dry-laid %:

100

Clay %:

0

Mud %:

0

Cement %:

0

Plaster %:

0

Average Thickness:

0.0

Facing

Facing:

Unfaced

Color:

Construction

Style:

Boulder & Chink

Support:

Free-standing

Tendencies:

Courses

Highest Count:

0

Lowest Count:

4

Random:

false

Rows

Highest Count:

0

Lowest Count:

2

Two with Rubble:

Random:

false

Measurements

Greatest Length in meters:

1.53

Greatest width in meters:

0

Smallest width in meters:

0.86

Greatest Height in meters:

0.99

Lowest Height in meters:

1.02

Orientation (degrees):

4

Dip (degrees):

0

Preservation

Preservation:

Partial Superstructure: Most

Lean Direction (degrees):

0

Lean Degrees:

0

Top Foundation Level:

Remarks

Remarks:

Disappears under Walls 3 & 5 so the exact length is undetermined; Wall 3 has used the upper courses of Wall 27 as part of it's own construction

Levels

Location Top Level Bottom Level
16 911.68 0
16 911.63 0
22 911.57 0
22 911.67 0

Stratigraphy

Under Earth layer A7K51:026
Under Earth layer A7K51:035
Under Wall A7K51:003
Sealed agnst by Earth layer A7K51:041

Pails

Number Date Baskets Total Diagnostic Published

Photos

Date Photo Number Subject Photo
01 Jul, 1992 92A51064 Progress
02 Jul, 1992 92A51065 Progress
23 Jul, 1992 92A51086 Progress
24 Jul, 1992 92A51089 Progress
24 Jul, 1992 92A51090 Progress
24 Jul, 1992 92A51-53C S room
24 Jul, 1992 92A51-54C S room