Single house record for Arddleen
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| Record number: | 152 |
|---|---|
| Site name: | Arddleen |
| Site number: | 145 |
| Location: | |
| Approx. early date: | -200 |
| Approx. late date: | 200 |
| % excavated: | 75-100% |
| Internal diameter: | 5.2 - 5.5 |
| Area: | 22 |
| Shape: | oval |
| Evidence of repair: | Yes |
| Repair/Rebuild details: | two or three phases, built slightly different location along NS axis |
| In situ decay: | Yes |
| Wall material: | drainage gully, posts but relationship uncertain, daub found |
| Wall gully: | Yes |
| Post: | Yes |
| Hearth details: | none |
| Occupation deposits: | Yes |
| Postholes: | Yes |
| Feature details: | burnt clay and charcoal layer |
| Door orientation: | N |
| Drainage gully: | Yes |
| CBM: | unknown |
| After use: | contemp or later gully, contained daub, burnt bone and burnt stone. Medieval posthole Beta-190012 |
| Notes: | lack of finds, contemporary animal burrowing; used as food store? Medieval radiocarbon date Beta-190012 probably later than house, this post hole not covered by occupation deposit unlike others. Drainage gully contemporary or later contained briquetage, daub, residual EBA sherd, burnt stone and bone, charcoal. House likely LIA to first century AD |
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