Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Cyfannedd Fawr

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Record number: 42
Site name:Cyfannedd Fawr
Site number: 31
Location: phase 1
Earliest radiocarbon date: -160
Latest radiocarbon date: 430
Approx. early date: 0
Approx. late date:
% excavated: unknown
Internal diameter: 8
Area: 50.3
Shape: circular
Evidence of repair:Yes
Repair/Rebuild details: Ring of posts inside hut appear earlier than ditch of hut. Were removed and filled before cutting of drainage ditch
Post removal: Yes
Wall material: stone internal and external facings
Wall gully:Yes
Stone wall: Yes
Width of outer wall: 1
Internal post ring:Yes
Periphery width: 1
Internal partitions:Yes
Floor details: paving along east face
Drain:Yes
Stakeholes:Yes
Feature details:row of stakeholes inside aligned on entrance posts
Door orientation: SE
Lithics and production: unknown
Vessels: unknown
Pre-house activity: ring of posts inside hut appear earlier than ditch of hut.
Notes:associated with Roman BBW sherd and flint flake. Internal drain concentric with hut's W face. Two pairs of post holes on line of hut for entrance


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