Welsh Roundhouses: Site Data

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Site name Biglis    Select this link to view all house records from this site
Site number 121
Unitary Authority Glamorgan
Easting 314200
Northing 169400
References Parkhouse 1988 [View Bibliography]
Other sources SMR 00578s; 002435s; fiche GGAT
Publication Full report
Archive location GGAT
Year excavated 1959; 1978-9
Earliest approx. date for settlement 0
Latest approx. date for settlement 400
Site type nucleated / enclosed
Interpretation comments Iron Age to Roman date. No radiocarbon from houses. Originally unenclosed. Several inhumations, adult and infant. Limpet shells. Unpublished material seen at GGAT for enviromental data and finds. Scattered third century coin hoard. Rectangular houses from c. 2nd. Houses not described with confidence in report, various possible interpretations - only more confident ones described recorded here


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