Single house record for Bryn y Castell
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| Record number: | 51 |
|---|---|
| Site name: | Bryn y Castell |
| Site number: | 11 |
| Location: | external structure site A |
| Earliest radiocarbon date: | 20 |
| Latest radiocarbon date: | 265 |
| Approx. early date: | |
| Approx. late date: | |
| % excavated: | 75-100% |
| Internal diameter: | 7 x 6m |
| Area: | |
| Shape: | other |
| Evidence of repair: | Yes |
| Repair/Rebuild details: | possible modification, earlier phase up to late first to second century. Apparent timber structure below - slot underlies wall, many stakeholes from this phase |
| Wall material: | stone faced walling |
| Stone wall: | Yes |
| Rubble/earth core: | Yes |
| Hearth: | Yes |
| Hearth details: | In situ smelting furnaces. Three successive central in pit with slate edge to S, other patches of burning |
| Floor details: | covered in charcoal and slag-rich silty deposit |
| Occupation deposits: | Yes |
| Pits: | Yes |
| Postholes: | Yes |
| Stakeholes: | Yes |
| Feature details: | stakeholes supporting bellows? |
| Door orientation: | N |
| External width: | 2 |
| Internal width: | 1.3 |
| Door 2 orientation: | E |
| Door 2 external width: | 1.3 |
| Door 2 internal width: | 0.8 |
| Lithics and production: | unknown |
| Other ground stone: | unknown |
| Burnt stone: | unknown |
| Metalworking FE: | various |
| Pre-house activity: | remains of slot of earlier timber structure and three postholes. F64 pit: smelting carried out in this phase, with three central smelting hearths used c. 1st AD |
| Notes: | sub-rectangular? A house? Near foot of slope to NE of hillfort. Open on NE side? A lean-to, or robbed. Used for smelting or iron working. AM dates (range from 20 to 265). Dated by archaeomagnetic dating only |
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