Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Bryn y Castell

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Record number: 44
Site name:Bryn y Castell
Site number: 11
Location: structure 0
Earliest radiocarbon date: -800
Latest radiocarbon date: 0
Approx. early date: -500
Approx. late date: 0
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 9
Area: 63.6
Shape: oval
Wall gully:Yes
Internal post ring:Yes
Other features: Internal post setting of 4 posts for roof support
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: Large central hearth: burnt clay with stakeholes, charcoal
Drain:Yes
Postholes:Yes
Stakeholes:Yes
Door orientation: SE
External width: 1
Internal width: 1
Porch: Yes
Drainage gully:Yes
Burnt stone: hearth
Peronal adornment: unknown
Metalworking FE: hearth
Other finds: unknown
Pre-house activity: charcoal on platform suggests earlier activity
After use: Under house 45
Notes:Entrance postholes inside width of wall. Internal post setting 4.2m square. Some slag but mainly domestic occupation


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