Contexts
Subgroup Narrative Text
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- In the north west of zone 1 was red brick well {505}. This was determined to be a well rather than a soak away due to broad diameter, the spiral construction of the brick work seen as providing a stronger structural formation than that of the horizontal coursing normally used for soak aways, and the slots found within the masonry indicating that beams would have been used to help access the interior. The well was built into construction cut [506]. The latest fill was (507), a dark blue grey clayey organic layer. This deposit ran to the base of the masonry. Below this around the edges of the cut was (512), a mixed deposit of organic clays and gravels and sands. This deposit was seen to be the construction cut backfill of the brick lining, that had also slumped below the masonry. The original backfill was probably the sands and gravels, but the deposit had become mixed with the sludgy organic material due to waters leaching out of the well wall. The cut [506] was stepped in at the base to form a supporting ledge for the masonry, but it also continued down a further 1.2 metres, into the natural gravels.
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- Chaz Morse
- 17-1-2011
Dating Narrative
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- No dating was recovered from the associated fills of this feature. However, given its stratigraphic position and its function, it is clearly late Post Medieval.
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- Chaz Morse
- 17-1-2011