Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Holyhead Mountain

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Record number: 48
Site name:Holyhead Mountain
Site number: 49
Location: T3
Earliest radiocarbon date: 430
Latest radiocarbon date: 770
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date:
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: c. 5
Area: 20
Shape: other
Wall material: inner and outer stone facings, rubble core
Stone wall: Yes
Rubble/earth core:Yes
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: Hearth 90 on left side by wall, between two edge-set stones, charcoal, reddening on wall. Dated
Floor details: most removed by previous excavation, like 47
Postholes:Yes
Door orientation: SE
Internal width: 2.5
Pre-house activity: set into lynchet
Notes:Area to the north of enclosed houses 46 and 47. Dating implies house much later than these, or hearth post-dates. Possibly contemporary with c. 6th dated building T4 (form uncertain)


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