Single house record for Holyhead Mountain
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Record number: | 48 |
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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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