Single house record for Erw-Wen
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| Record number: | 26 |
|---|---|
| Site name: | Erw-Wen |
| Site number: | 36 |
| Location: | stone phase |
| Earliest radiocarbon date: | -980 |
| Latest radiocarbon date: | -590 |
| Approx. early date: | |
| Approx. late date: | |
| % excavated: | 75-100% |
| Internal diameter: | 8.8 |
| Area: | 60.8 |
| Evidence of repair: | Yes |
| Rebuild of (house number): | 25 |
| Repair/Rebuild details: | post replacement |
| Wall material: | stone with internal and external facings |
| Stone wall: | Yes |
| Width of outer wall: | 1 |
| Internal post ring: | Yes |
| Hearth: | Yes |
| Hearth details: | 5a Shallow square pit with burnt material and charcoal, seeds, bone. 5a adjacent similar, including quern and pounder |
| Wear: | Yes |
| Drain: | Yes |
| Pits: | Yes |
| Postholes: | Yes |
| Stakeholes: | Yes |
| Feature details: | earlier wall slot retained on SE side, doorpost |
| Door orientation: | W |
| Internal width: | 1 |
| Querns, mortars, grindstones: | various |
| Other ground stone: | various |
| Pre-house activity: | timber phase house 25 very similar position - rebuilt with no interval between. |
| After use: | sealed by collapse or medieval deposits, robbed. Re-used as pen or sheep fold in medieval period, associated rectangular structure |
| Notes: | no phasing for some internal features in houses 25 and 26 |
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