Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

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Record number: 7
Site name:Cefn Cwmwd
Site number: 19
Location: S4
Earliest radiocarbon date: -120
Latest radiocarbon date: 240
Approx. early date: -120
Approx. late date: 90
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 7-8m
Area: 44
Shape: circular
Evidence of repair:Yes
Repair/Rebuild details: possible levelling
In situ decay:Yes
Wall material: clay and rubble? Or posts
Cob or clay: Yes
Rubble/earth core:Yes
Post:Yes
Floor details: clay
Drain:Yes
Occupation deposits: Yes
Pits:Yes
Door orientation: SE?
Internal width: 0.9
Porch: Yes
Drainage gully:Yes
Pre-house activity: pits form circular arrangement 7.2m diameter. This early phase (120BC - AD240) with earthern wall? This may also be a post ring
After use: house 8
Notes:First phase. Possible enclosure ditch or drain. Samian (c. 2nd to 3rd) in outer gully / enclosure of this phase


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