Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Cefn Cwmwd

View site details | All house records for this site | Search again

Record number: 6
Site name:Cefn Cwmwd
Site number: 19
Location: S8
Earliest radiocarbon date: 120
Latest radiocarbon date: 440
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date: 440
% excavated: 25-75%
Internal diameter: c. 6m
Area: 28
Shape: oval
Wall material: fired clay daub in gully, earth wall collapse?
Cob or clay: Yes
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: F641 earliest, then F418 with in situ burning and charcoal fill dated AD120-440
Floor details: clay floor fragments
Drain:Yes
Postholes:Yes
Notes:Possible house, poorly preserved. Clay spread extends beyond central post holes. Quantity of emmer and spelt from hearth F418, higher than other samples from site


 BACK   CONTENTS   HOME   COMMENTS 

© Internet Archaeology/Authors URL: http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue23/1/house.cfm
Last updated: Mon Nov 26 2007