Str267

Code name (Unique Key)

Str267

Type of structural unit

Free-standing pier

List of related timber evidence

Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Spa341

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

At the SE end of the portico, at its southern corner.

General dimensions of the saved part of the free-standing pier

0.44 (NE-SW) x 0.62 (NW-SE) x 0.63

Connection of the free-standing pier with surrounding structural units

Possibly connected with the collonade of the portico to the NE of the Central Court.

State of preservation when excavated

Very bad

Current state of preservation

Very bad

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site

General description of the free-standing pier

Part of a mud-brick pier located at the eastern corner of the NE portico of the Central Court. This pier is not captured in the general plan of the palace (1974), hence its original place is not certain. It has been placed on the pavement of the portico, on the NW-SE axis of the collonade giving the impression that it is part of it. Two imprints of vertical timber elements are preserved: one at its NE side and another at its SW side, as the pier has been placed.

Media legend and metadata

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Kato Zakros, Palace. Part of mud-brick pier at the SE part of the NE portico, viewed from the NE