Welsh Journals

Beneath thin layers of topsoil and a brown clay and topsoil mixture (1 and 2) the infill comprised a deep layer of dark red soil (3) above a layer of ash and charcoal (5). The ash layer (5) and parapet (4) both lay above a deposit of light brown soil containing flecks of lime mortar (6). This sealed a loose, unbonded rubble wall, either a footing to the parapet (7) or, more likely, a rear revettment to an earlier parapet. A brown gritty clay (8) infilled between the wall (7) and the terrace wall (9). All of the above contexts were lying on top of a wall of coarse red sandstone bedded on red sandy soil (10). The lower half of the terrace wall actually comprised the face of this earlier wall. A marked vertical crack in the wall (10) had been the cause of the whole structure's instability. Within the thickness of the wall (10) the rear face of a pair of latrine outlets was identified, the southerly of the two located 32.60 metres from the rear of the Stable. The shafts had narrow flat bases before sloping down to the outside face. Each measured 0.49 metres in width and lay 1.06 metres apart. Figure 3. Section through the terrace wall.