Basic Information
- Post Medeival water/drainage feature - ritual significance?
Sub Groups
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Sub Group: PCO06_587
- Sunken masonry 'tank'
Group Description
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- Underlying the modern overburden lay {2019}, a tanked wall of a basement structure. A sample of tile and plaster taken as 'finds'. It was built over floor {2020}, and the floor design indicates some function other than simple storage. The room or basement as a whole was tanked and so water must have been used and or stored here. There was a small bench in the southern half of the room, which was possible evidence of function. There was a small hole in the south-east of the tiled area, which was considered not to be a drain, as there was no hole through to any kind of pipe for drainage. These masonry features were built into construction cut [2101], that was dug into (2079) the fill of Roman pit [2078] and (2102), the fill of [2103], a probably robber trench.
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- Chaz Morse
- 2-11-2011
Dating Information
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- The frogged brick, form and function of this feature, and its stratigraphic position demonstrate it to be Late Post Medieval. It was part of the Stuart/Georgian housing that fronted on to Prescot Street.
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- Chaz Morse
- 2-11-2011