Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Bush Farm

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Record number: 40
Site name:Bush Farm
Site number: 12
Location: B
Earliest radiocarbon date: 260
Latest radiocarbon date: 540
Approx. early date: -400
Approx. late date: 100
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 7.85
Area: 48.4
Shape: circular
Evidence of repair:Yes
Repair/Rebuild details: eaves drip gully recut (dated)
Wall material: clay
Cob or clay: Yes
Width of outer wall: 2
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: clay spread with fuel ash, 0.28 x 0.27m
Floor details: clay spread in SE area
Drain:Yes
Postholes:Yes
Door orientation: NE
External width: 2
Internal width: 1.75
Drainage gully:Yes
Querns, mortars, grindstones: various
Vessels: various
After use: deposition of first to fourth century pottery from House 41
Notes:group of postholes outside entrance, contemporary pit 206. Probably Iron Age date for this house; radiocarbon unreliable


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