Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Bryn y Castell

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Record number: 45
Site name:Bryn y Castell
Site number: 11
Location: structure 1
Earliest radiocarbon date: -370
Latest radiocarbon date: 220
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date:
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: c. 8 x 6.5m
Area:
Shape: oval
Rebuild of (house number): 44
Repair/Rebuild details: south wall of hut below rebuilt towards the north to create snail-shape structure, cobbling over previous wall.
Wall material: stone blocks with rubble core
Stone wall: Yes
Rubble/earth core:Yes
Width of outer wall: 1.5
Door orientation: SW
Internal width: 1.5
Drainage gully:Yes
External hearth: Yes
Tools: unknown
Peronal adornment: various
Metalworking FE: various
Other finds: unknown
Pre-house activity: house 44
Notes:C14 dates associated with latest phase of iron working - used as a smithy. Smelting heath under rampart contemporary. Offset door terminals. Cobbling similar to that over rest of site


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