Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Cefn Cwmwd

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Record number: 8
Site name:Cefn Cwmwd
Site number: 19
Location: S4
Earliest radiocarbon date: 20
Latest radiocarbon date: 90
Approx. early date: 0
Approx. late date: 200
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 6.5
Area: 33.2
Shape: circular
Evidence of repair:Yes
Rebuild of (house number): 7
Repair/Rebuild details: Rebuild of house 7, smaller and to West. New drains and drainage gully
Wall material: gully only - clay or turf?
Cob or clay: Yes
Floor details: clay spreads
Drain:Yes
Occupation deposits: Yes
Pits:Yes
Postholes:Yes
Drainage gully:Yes
Vessels: unknown
Pre-house activity: house 7
After use: Later pits with late 3rd to mid 4th centruy pottery. RB pottery and Byzantine intaglio in post-abandonment deposits
Notes:later phase of S4, probably rebuilt. Two phases. First to second pottery from overlying rubble. Large external pits


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