Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Crawcwellt West

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Record number: 34
Site name:Crawcwellt West
Site number: 29
Location: J1 stake built phase 2
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date: -300
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 8.5
Area: 56.8
Shape: circular
Evidence of repair:Yes
Rebuild of (house number): 30
Repair/Rebuild details: possibly more than one phase, entrance rebuilt on several occasions
Wall material: stake walls, door posts
Stake:Yes
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: furnaces in this and phase one, centre front
Stakeholes:Yes
Door orientation: SE
Internal width: 1.3
Drainage gully:Yes
Metalworking FE: various
Special deposit:Yes
Location: doorway
Nature: foundation
Worked stone:Yes
Notes:all phases associated with ironworking, furnaces 250mm-300mm diameter, facing entrance. Smelting and smithing, re-used anvil in entrance posthole.


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