Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Upper Ninepence

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Record number: 31
Site name:Upper Ninepence
Site number: 99
Location: structure 1
Earliest radiocarbon date: -3020
Latest radiocarbon date: -2580
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date:
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 6
Area: 28.3
Shape: circular
Stake:Yes
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: central hearth 28, oval 1.25 x 0.6m scoop, burnt soil, large amount of charcoal in upper levels
Floor details: trampling but no floor surviving
Pits:Yes
Stakeholes:Yes
Door orientation: SW
Porch: Yes
Vessels: hearth
Pre-house activity: Pit 65 containing Peterborough Ware
After use: cut by ditch 8 (which in turn cut by pit 85 containing later Grooved Ware)
Notes:associated with Grooved Ware in hearth


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