Contexts
Subgroup Narrative Text
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- Underlying the modern overburden was context {301} a 19th century brick work drainage system. Upon inspection it became apparent that this feature was a 19th century structure that had been built over (thus reusing) a much earlier soak away. The brick work structure was composed of red and yellow stock brick in the form of a dome measuring approximately 1m x 1m in plan. The top of the structure was formed into a small open manhole. The depth of the soak away from the top of the brick work down to the latest fill, (342), was recorded as 2.2m. Fill (342) was a moderately-soft dark brown-green silty deposit. It contained fragmented red CBM, pot sherds from the 19th century, and occasional fragments of animal bone. This deposit was residue and sediment from the use of the soak away. The soakaway had been built into a construction cut [341] that measured 2.65m in diameter. As the feature was cleared and recorded it was noted that the brickwork formed a rough dome. The 19th century brickwork upper section of the soakaway {301} widened at its base to form a supporting plinth where it was built on to the earlier initial structure of the soakaway, which was a horn core lined pit, {319}, set as part of sub-group 627.
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- Chaz Morse
- 8-8-2011
Dating Narrative
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- The stratigraphic position, form and function of these features, and the materials used in their construction, demonstrate them to be Late Post Medieval.
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- Chaz Morse
- 8-8-2011