Single house record for Bryn Eryr
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| Record number: | 39 |
|---|---|
| Site name: | Bryn Eryr |
| Site number: | 10 |
| Location: | C |
| Earliest radiocarbon date: | -800 |
| Latest radiocarbon date: | 440 |
| Approx. early date: | 0 |
| Approx. late date: | 400 |
| % excavated: | 75-100% |
| Internal diameter: | 4.8 |
| Area: | 18.1 |
| Shape: | circular |
| Evidence of repair: | Yes |
| Repair/Rebuild details: | replacements of hearths, due to subsidence? Re-flooring and new drains |
| Wall material: | stone faced rubble core, possible timber lining |
| Stone wall: | Yes |
| Rubble/earth core: | Yes |
| Width of outer wall: | 1.1 |
| Hearth: | Yes |
| Hearth details: | successive central hearths on clay floors: 348 N of C with charcoal spread and 2nd c pottery, re-laid twice to S with large flat stones (240 and 224). |
| Floor details: | clay floor with burning, re-laid with stones |
| Drain: | Yes |
| Occupation deposits: | Yes |
| Door orientation: | SE? |
| Drainage gully: | Yes |
| Annexe details: | paved area |
| Vessels: | various |
| Fine wares: | hearth |
| Pre-house activity: | Ditch draining eaves-drip gulley of house 38 backfilled. Concentration of briquetage sealed by house. Hearth with early date, possible contamination. |
| Notes: | House 38 continued in use. SE area truncated by later ditch. Roman pottery, up to late third to fourth c. AD. Burning and ash against wall was this a timber lining? |
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