Nonstructure 1223, extramural surface

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Features

List of Masonry

Other (Wall331) , Feature 1 (Wall: other)
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Complete

No

No. of courses

4

Maximum height (cm)

69

Minimum height (cm)

56

Inferred height (cm)

Wall abuts to

Wall tied to

Coursing type

semicoursed

Cross section type

double/core

Material

sandstone

Mortar (cm thick)

4

Chinking

Yes

Plaster (percent)

Foundation

bedrock

Shapes

block = greater than 75%
tabular = less than 30%
irregular = less than 30%

Comments about shapes

Shaping

pecked = 30-75%
ground = Not Applicable
flaked = less than 30%
unshaped = less than 30%

Comments about shaping

General comments

This is a possible dam. Only the north course of this east-west trending wall was exposed, so the cross section could not be determined for certain, but it is thought to be a double-stone-with-core cross section.