VSF 2010 Report - Nabo

0m
N
(gr. 10675)
(Gr.10664)
(Gr.10515)
(Gr.8590)
(Gr.10590)
10m
(Gr. 9502)
Stones
Turf
Post hole
(Gr.8562)
Figure 6. A simplified drawing of phase (10664) of structure (10662) with platform
(10675).
Eleven deposits belonging to this phase were excavated in the 2010 field season.
At this stage all blockings had been removed from the north entrance of the structure
revealing one continuous space, or an extension to the main structure (formerly known as
the “front room”). This extension was about 3 m wide and seems to continue beyond the
northern limits of the excavation area. Concentrated up against the east side of the
extension was a sequence of seven deposits (in chronological order youngest – oldest:
[10611], [10622], [10627], [10635], [10639], [10645], [10649] and [10653]. Those
deposits were mostly composed of turf and stone, and formed a low platform, group
(10675), which possibly served as the foundation for an internal structure, although it is
also possible that it simply was a coarsely made pavement.
Two dark floor deposits (in chronological order youngest – oldest: [10613],
[10630]), separated only by a small lens of clean turf, unit [10624], were excavated in the
central part of the main structure. Both were up to 4 cm thick, extremely firm and made of
brownish grey turf material, probably laid down to level the surface of the structure. Both
these deposits contained fragments of wood, as well as pottery sherds and glass fragments,
which have yet to be analysed.
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