(Also numerous sherds of Staffordshire white salt-glazed ware and
creamware. A single disparate sherd of pink, transfer-printed
Staffordshire ware, dating from about 1835, is the only intrusive
artifact in the deposit.)
The bones were virtually all pork refuse, except for a few rabbit bones.
The oystershells, found in every refuse deposit, reflect the universal
taste for the then-abundant oyster.
[Illustration: Figure 55.--REFUSE FOUND AT EXTERIOR CORNER of Wall A-II
and Wall D.]
The significance of the structure is not clear. It was probably the
site of a privy, the remaining bricks having been part of a brick floor
in front of the pit.