Str254
Code name (Unique Key)
Str254
Type of structural unit
Vertical timber reinforcement system of masonry
List of related timber evidence
Chase in a wall
Location code
Space code
List of chronological phases
Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)
Position in the space
Palace, West Wing, Room XXXI
Preserved height
0.82
Number of vertical timber pairs
No pair is preserved
Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)
0.10 m. from the NW end of the wall and 5.20 m. from the SE end of the wall
Presence of stone bases for the vertical timbers
No
Presence of transversal horizontal timber on the stone base
Unknown
Presence of other transversal horizontal timber along the height of the wall
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
Connection of the vertical timber reinforcement system with surrounding structural units (walls, floor above, polythyra, etc.)
No clear connection
State of preservation when excavated
Medium
Current state of preservation
Partly restored
Method of documentation
On site
Type of destruction
Fire
General description of the vertical timber reinforcement system
Chase/cuvity in the rubble wall corresponding to a longitudinal vertical timber element at the SW side of the NE wall of Room/corridor XXXI. It is presumably part of the vertical timber reinforcement system of the wall. Its current appearance is the result of restoration.
Media legend and metadata
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