Single house record for Rhydydefaid
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Record number: | 13 |
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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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