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rauthwerl comer to pmvide a level b= fcrthe wall rills. The foundation <strong>may</strong> have<br />
bhifred during the collapse <strong>of</strong> the walls, multing m Ihc dirplaccmnr <strong>of</strong> the stones. This<br />
<strong>may</strong> explain the discovery <strong>of</strong> ojumble <strong>of</strong> ruuetunl-type aonsr in that ma.<br />
The <strong>be</strong>sl preserved ponion <strong>of</strong> he foundation turned our to <strong>be</strong> the northeast mmer <strong>of</strong> the<br />
,trucsre. where the fire box war discovered. Them, it measured <strong>be</strong>tween M.M)cm wide.<br />
Thts width suggests that the foundation was wide enough to ruppon a sill measuring up<br />
<strong>10</strong> 30 em or one fmr thick. Using both the northest comer and the large aone rlah in the<br />
south wall (mentioned above) as .an average. it wwld appear that the foundation could<br />
have measured rpproi!malely 50em wide.<br />
The <strong>only</strong> surviving evidence <strong>of</strong> n bonding agent in the h ow foundation was preserved in<br />
the back wall <strong>of</strong> the fire box. Them. VMS <strong>of</strong> the same lmal wndyclay used for the floor<br />
wm discovmd among* stones. It <strong>may</strong> <strong>be</strong> pmsible that the Lundation was low<br />
enough to have supported itwlf w!thour the nrrd far a bonding material. No vace <strong>of</strong> lime<br />
monv was found anywhere an the rite.<br />
23 TheDon<strong>may</strong><br />
The <strong>only</strong> sizable wning in Ihc foundaIion was locared in the west wall. near the<br />
lourhwca comer <strong>of</strong> lhe hours (Figure 22a and 22bl. There. two postmolds were<br />
d~scovcred uppmximalely 1.1 m north <strong>of</strong> the rwhweot mmer The routhem posrmold