VSF 2010 Report - Nabo

sherds, a possible indication of the age of the deposits.
The removal of the aforementioned collapse deposits revealed a hearth (subgroup
10540) in the north-east corner of the new area. Spilling from it to the south was a soft
deposit (unit [10533]) of wood ash and charcoal, up to 10 cm thick. The hearth, which was
up to 25 cm deep, was only partially
excavated since it extended beyond the
western and northern limits of the
excavation. It was filled with a mixture
of wood ash, peat ash and charcoal, as
well as a few small rocks (two units in
chronological order youngest-oldest:
[10534] and [10562]). It appeared to be
sub-circular in shape, but with irregular
sides gradually sloping to the centre.
The cut for the hearth was about 15 cm
deep and had a cluster of eight small
postholes in its centre (units [10553],
[10555], [10557], [10561], [10669],
[10573], [10575] and [10621]) as well as
five more along its edge (units [10545],
[10565], [10567], [10569] and [10571]),
suggesting that the hearth had some sort
of a framework built over it.
Figure 9. Turf collapse deposits in area (10515).
Facing south.
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