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Trench 3C |
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Holly Cook |
Trench 3C was opened in the 1996 season after the
excavation of Trenches 3A and 3B. It originally measured 4 x
2.5m but was later extended to the south to measure 4.3 x
2.5m. The aim was to ascertain what lay behind the wall that
appeared across the southern end of Trench 3B.
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No walls were found in it, but there was a large
fill of debris such as decomposed mudbrick, large
quantities of broken terracotta roof-tiles and
large worked blocks with a fine, highly-polished,
pinkish-red plaster attached. Random fragments of
plaster were also found in large quantities. It had
black gravel inclusions and may well have been
flooring. There was also part of an eroded granite
column which was not in situ and must have been
material from an earlier building. It seems
probable that the trench comes in the courtyard of
a structure still to be revealed. A large threshold
block, most of which disappears into the NW baulk,
is only a few centimetres above the bedrock in the
north-western corner of the trench. Further work in
this area should produce interesting results. |
