Single house record for Bush Farm
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Record number: | 40 |
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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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Last updated: Mon Nov 26 2007