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Siipjyjscd Siiiokclioiisc Fouiidcitioii 



[Structure F) 



DESCRIPTION OF EXCAVATIONS 



A nearly square foundation, measuring 18.3 feet by 

 IH.ti feet, with a narrow extended brick structure pro- 

 truding from it, was situated some 4j feet north of 

 Wall D, about midway in the wall's length. It was 

 oriented on a north-northwest — .south-soiuheast a.xis, 

 quite without reference to the wall system. The foun- 

 dation walls and the narrow extension were exposed 

 by excavation, but the interior area within the walls 

 was not excavated, except for 2-riint-\\idr in-nclics 

 along the edges of the walls. 



The foundation itself, about 2 feet thick, consisted 

 of brick rabble tumbled and broken bricks, not 

 laid in mortar and for the most part matching bricks 

 foimd elsewhere in Marlborough structures. Scat- 

 tered among the typical \irginia bricks and brickliats 

 were several distinctively smaller and harder dark-red 

 bricks measuring 7Vi inches by 3'-.; inches (fig. 53). 



The most interesting feature of the structure was its 

 narrow extension. This had survived in the form of 

 two parallel walls laid in three brick courses without 

 mortar, the whole projecting from the southe.isterly 

 wall. The interior measurement Ixrtween the walls 

 was 1.7'i feet and the exterior overall width was 4 

 feet. Its southern extremity had an opening narrowed 

 to I foot in width by bricks placed at right angles to 

 the walls. .Approximately .') feet to the north the 

 pa.s.sage formed by the walls was narrowed to 1 foot 

 by three tiers of one brick, each tier laid parallel lo 

 the pas,sai;e on e.ich side. At R.7 feel from its south- 

 ern terminus the extension interseeird the main 

 foimdation. Ju.st north of this inlerseelion, bricks 



laid within the passage were stepped up lo form a 

 platform two cours<-s high and one course lower than 

 the top of the foundation. \ fluelike o|x-ning was 

 formed by two rows of brick laid on top of the plat- 

 form, narrowing the pass,ice to a width of 5 inches. 

 .North of the southeast foundation wall there remained 

 a strip of four bricks in two courses at the IotI of the 

 opening, forming a thin continuation of the platform 

 for '.V2.'i feet. 



MOMFICANT ARTIFACTS IN STRUCTURE F 



The narrow extension contained »c\Tral biishcb of 

 imburned o\-stershells and some coals. There was 

 limited evidence of burning, although the shells were 

 not afl^ected by fire. \ small variety of .\r'< ■■ •■ •^,l.^ 

 foimd, few of which dated later than \\. ih 



century. The flue or fire chamber yielded the loiluM- 

 ing artifacts: 



59 1717 Wine-botllc basal fragiwm 



I8th-ccnlur>' furtn 

 59 1721 Sin.. 



17-Hi 

 '■" '" '' Green window ^..i- .t.^r.i 



of cn)wn shert 

 j'j.irjj Blur 

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