Enquiry, building type/use?

Hello gents, perhaps someone could enlighten me regarding these remains I came across whilst photographing some remains? (York, Clifton Moor). My initial guess is that the bulk of what I found represent an area of dispersed accommodation and/or admin buildings but not being a 'regular' on such sites this (to me) unusual and unexpected construction has got me scratching my head. It seems there was some kind of (building?) that had a series of pillars either inside it, or underneath it supporting a raised floor. But all that is speculation on my part. Hopefully the photos show enough to help identify the size and extent of the original construction. From memory the pillar fragment was at least 4 inches in diameter. Grid plan pattern of pillar bases. Over to you and thanks in advance for any input

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redmist wrote:

My initial guess is that the bulk of what I found represent an area of dispersed accommodation and/or admin buildings...

Where was this site, Redmist ?

Thanks for the input so far.
Carnaby - I will add some more photos etc to the main airfield entry. They might help with specifics.
Peter Kirk - such a purpose did occur to me too, but on an RAF airfield site? I was rather hoping that these were a common known item and an answer would have been straight forthcoming, however it does make for a bit of interest. Although I suppose the area may have been subject to flood or general wet, but so many other adjacent building pads don't have these features. Including ones directly alongside. Now if this had been a Roman site .....

It was usual to raise timber hutting off the ground.

I had thought of that one too, but the surviving section of broken pillar was at least 3 feet high, maybe more? That seems quite extreme, unless there was a known flooding issue. York does have this problem these days. I don't have the local knowledge to answer whether it had it back then, but if this area was inundated to that kind of depth then the rest of the airfield would be one large swimming pool But raised buildings do seem likely explanations.