The structure was of interrupted post-trench construction. A number of post positions were recovered from this building, cut into the bottom of the post-trenches. These showed the pairing of timbers across the width of the building, with end walls of flimsier construction than the side walls. Timbers in the side walls were placed at 0.5m intervals, while those few recovered from the end walls had a closer spacing. A post position in the centre of the south wall could have supported a ridge pole and would have been matched in the north wall. Two doorposts in the east wall were significantly deeper than the others, 0.47 and 0.49m respectively, and defined a doorway 0.9m wide. Opposing posts were no deeper than others in the trench suggesting that there was only a doorway in the east wall. The four corner posts ranged in depth from 0.38m to 0.41m and were significantly deeper than the remainder, which ranged from 0.25m to 0.35m in depth.
This text is a quotation from pp. 172-3 of R. Daniels "The Anglo-Saxon Monastery at Church Close, Hartlepool, Cleveland." Archaeological Journal Vol 145 (1988), 158 - 210. Users should consult this paper for any further information on the Hartlepool site.
