Str264
Code name (Unique Key)
Str264
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
At the SW side of the NE wall of the Central Court, SE of the entrance to Room XXXI and NW of the NE portico of the Central Court.
General dimensions of the saved part of the vertical timber reinforcement system
4.60 (NW-SE) x 0.63 (NE-SW) max. x 1.55 from the ground level in the Central Court
Number of vertical timber pairs
2
Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)
The far NW vertical timber element is 2.20 from the NW end of the wall and the far SE timber element is next (to the NW) of the jamb at the SE end of the wall.
Presence of stone bases for the vertical timbers
Yes
Type of masonry of the wall
Other (to be specified in the 'General Description' cell)
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 preserved
Connection of the vertical timber reinforcement system with surrounding structural units (walls, floor above, polythyra, etc.)
Not recorded
State of preservation when excavated
Medium
Current state of preservation
Partly restored
Method of documentation
On site
Bibliographical
Type of destruction
Fire
General description of the vertical timber reinforcement system
The part of the NE wall of the Central Court (SE part of the wall) is of ashlar masonry consisting mostly of rectangular lime-stones. Mud-bricks are also used. The wall continues further to the NW into Room XXXI. This part of the wall (NW) is of mud-bricks on a rubble-stone base. At the SW side of the SE part of the wall, corresponding to the Central Court, there was a vertical timber reinforcement system that has been restored, consisting in total of five timbers (four verticals and one horizontal serving as the base of the two). Its current appearance is the result of restoration.
Media legend and metadata
Photo_Zak_Str264_001
Linked resources
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Restored vertical timber element on the SW side of the NE wall of the Centr... -
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Restored longitudinal horizontal timber element on the SW side of the NE wa... -
Restored vertical timber element on the SW side of the NE wall of the Centr...