Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Location	Area immediately adjacent to Bench.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Overlies	Locus 6.
Size	Measurements not taken.
Stage	Stage 5
Bottom (m)	Closing Levels: 892.005 m.
Description	A section of the last floor bedding of the PWC. This locus was named because the excavator originally thought that a concentration of small stones near the south face of the Bench indicated the presence of a foundation there. Subsequent excavation demonstrated that this locus was part of the late floor bedding (see above, Locus 1, for a full description) and that the Bench was founded on this level.
Phase Description	Phase VII: Roman mid CE 2nd c. repairs following a more collapse. Building of the Propylaeum Central...
Definition	Third Floor Bedding (Adjacent to Bench)
Underlies	Locus 2.
Combined with	Locus 1.
Phase	VII
Top (m)	Opening Levels: 892.335 m.
Stage Description	Cryptoporticus walls blocked for the installation of the Propylaeum Central Staircase. Benches installed and third floor bedding laid.