Door (closed)

Henrik Boman & Monika Nilsson

E wall: closed door (Area II)
On the side of the blocks in Area I plaster is visible, which indicates that Area II most likely is a closed door.

The filling in the door opening is limestone and cruma opus incertum, in contrast to the upper part of the wall. A few well cut limestone blocks are found, otherwise the stones are naturally shaped. The width of the assumed door is 1.23m.

The N doorframe is preserved to a height of 1.63m, indicated by the plaster on the inside of the doorframe. On the N side are a few pottery sherds included in the filling between the blocks and Area II, otherwise the plaster has been applied directly onto the blocks. The S frame is preserved to a height of 1.45m. No traces of a lintel are visible in the wall.

Since block 2 continues out to the N façade, as a part of the opus quadratum wall, these blocks are hardly spoils, so we can assume that the plaster on the inside of the blocks are remains of a doorframe.

Spoils: Some few tile fragments, otherwise no specific spoils except a floor spoil (Sp 1) which on the other hand is found above the line of the preserved doorframes.

Plaster: Few remains, found on individual stones only, no larger areas preserved.