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Single house record for Rhydydefaid

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Record number: 13
Site name:Rhydydefaid
Site number: 73
Location:
Earliest radiocarbon date: -210
Latest radiocarbon date: 220
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date:
% excavated: unknown
Internal diameter: 7.5
Area: 44.2
Evidence of repair:Yes
Repair/Rebuild details: lumps of burnt clay indicate an earlier wattle and daub hut with fireplace, later replaced by stone walls
Wall material: stone inner and outer facings with clay core
Stone wall: Yes
Cob or clay: Yes
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: In use throughout, clay layers and charcoal, stone setting below
Floor details: one clay layer underlying later clay floor
Postholes:Yes
Querns, mortars, grindstones: various
Other ground stone: various
Pre-house activity: ditch to the north of the hut, possibly earlier enclosure or of same period
After use: stone removal, post med drains
Notes:Iron Age date from tools, no Roman pottery


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