Str229
Code name (Unique Key)
Str229
Type of structural unit
Vertical timber reinforcement system of masonry
List of related timber evidence
Chase in a wall
Location code
List of chronological phases
Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)
Position in the space
On the NW side of the SE wall of Room XVI
Preserved height
0.90 from ground level
Number of vertical timber pairs
2
Presence of stone bases for the vertical timbers
No
Presence of transversal horizontal timber on the stone base
No
Presence of other transversal horizontal timber along the height of the wall
Unknown
Distance of transversal horizontal timber along the height of the wall from the ground
Unknown
Type of masonry of the wall
Rubble masonry
Type of infill of the timber pair (transversally)
Same as masonry
Plaster or cladding on the wall
Unknown
Presence of plaster or coating
No coating is recorded
Connection of the vertical timber reinforcement system with surrounding structural units (walls, floor above, polythyra, etc.)
There are corresponding vertical imprints on the other side to the wall (on the face of the wall to Room XXIII), part of the same reinforcement system. The far SW imprint is connected with the timber frame of the SW wall of Room XVI.
State of preservation when excavated
Bad
Current state of preservation
Partly restored
Method of documentation
On site
Type of destruction
Fire
General description of the vertical timber reinforcement system
Two vertical imprints on the NW face of the SE wall of Room XVI are part of the reinforcement system of the wall. The one is located where the SE wall meets the NW wall of the room and the other at a distance of 1.72 m. from the first one. Their current appearance is the result of restoration work.
Media legend and metadata
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