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From: "Hickling Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 7:58 AM
Subject: Mystery medieval features
Has anyone got any idea what these are?
They were excavated at Maxey, north of Peterborough and probably date to the
late medieval period.
339 is stone lined, but with no surface at the bottom, just natural clay.
358 again was stone lined, but was floored with stone slabs placed on edge,
in the fashion of hearths or oven bases in this part of the world. There was
no sign of burning in either.
The fill of 339 appeared to contain cess/coprolites.
At the moment these features have got me stumped, any suggestions?
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is it possible such place was in some construction process and eventually
flooded and therefore not finished neither used as an oven as you mentioned
such possibility?
eventually some pleague or war stopped the works ?
does the distance between 339 and 358 relate to some wheeled cart axle
distance ? (and then the paths could have been constructed but were not
finished for some reason ) and then could the cess have been produced from
some horse or carriage puller? )
could those "paths" also be considered as some rainwater duct ? is the
ground flat or inclined ?
(with only one side floored for some mysterious medieval reason)
cheers
happy holidays
Pat (Mexico)
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