VSF 2010 Report - Nabo

Group 10590
Group (10590) is a 7m long and 1 m wide corridor running south from structure (10662).
It seems to be associated with that structure and room (9502) although the precise nature of
that relationship yet to be determined. It was uncovered in 2009 by the removal of a
number of collapse- and midden deposits filling which filled the corridor, which exposed a
compacted dark grey deposit, rich in fish bones, which was believed to be a floor but was
left unexcavated at the end of the 2009 season.
In 2010 it was established that this deposit, unit [10502], that was up to 5 cm thick
and contained one sherd of 20 th century pottery, was in all likelihood a midden layer,
deposited after the corridor went out of use, as it was sitting on top of a thick collapse
deposit (up to 20 cm) of stone and turf, unit [10511].
The removal of deposits [10502], [10511] as well as a turf collapse deposits, unit
Figure 18. An overview of corridor (10590).
[10585], at the southern end of the corridor, revealed a dark compacted deposit, unit
[10526], up to 20 cm thick, which covered a large part of the interior of the corridor and
was believed to be a floor. Under the floor was a sequence of three deposits (units,
[10607], [10643], [10581]) mostly made of turf, but some also organic in nature, which
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