Single house record for Melin Y Plas
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Record number: | 11 |
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Site name: | Melin Y Plas |
Site number: | 54 |
Location: | house 2 (G2) |
Earliest radiocarbon date: | 0 |
Latest radiocarbon date: | 1020 |
Approx. early date: | 0 |
Approx. late date: | 250 |
% excavated: | 75-100% |
Internal diameter: | 8 |
Area: | 50.3 |
Evidence of repair: | Yes |
Repair/Rebuild details: | new drains in second phase, with small post- and stake-holes, wall possibly rebuilt (pits dug for clay after first phase, prior to AD40) |
Wall material: | clay, cob or turf |
Cob or clay: | Yes |
Turf: | Yes |
Width of outer wall: | 2 |
Central zone area: | 9.6 |
Hearth: | Yes |
Hearth details: | burnt clay area F594. F69 in second phase? Pit under stony fill, against clay wall (with radiocarbon and cereal processing). Later hearth F620 to E of centre, shallow, capped with cobbles |
Floor details: | clay |
Drain: | Yes |
Occupation deposits: | Yes |
Postholes: | Yes |
Stakeholes: | Yes |
Other features: | Yes |
Feature details: | water inlet, postholes across N of building |
Door orientation: | S? |
Drainage gully: | Yes |
Lithics and production: | periph z |
Querns, mortars, grindstones: | periph z |
Burnt stone: | periph z |
Vessels: | periph z |
Peronal adornment: | unknown |
Other metalworking: | various |
CBM: | hearth |
Pre-house activity: | terrace, possibly also forming a yard. May have had a boundary |
After use: | midden layer accumulating - out of use by late c. 2nd? Site used for medieval crop processing |
Notes: | Pre-ceramic c. 1st AD phase? Occupation phase c. 2nd AD mostly surviving. Abandon or dismantlement mid c. 3rd AD. Plough damaged. Chaff found in samples from drain. Second phase has water supply |
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