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Site name Dinorben    Select this link to view all house records from this site
Site number 35
Unitary Authority Conwy
Easting 296800
Northing 375700
References Savory 1959; 1971a; 1971b; Gardner & Savory 1964; Guilbert 1979 [View Bibliography]
Other sources CPAT 102000
Publication Full report
Archive location CPAT
Year excavated 1912-22; 1956-61, 1965-9, 1977-8, 1980, 1983
Earliest approx. date for settlement -900
Latest approx. date for settlement 400
Site type nucleated / enclosed
Interpretation comments Four-posters mentioned (Gent 1983). Huts after destruction of entrance in c. 2nd AD. Late Roman reoccupation? Many unusual deposits of human bone. Hut data from 1912-22 and 1956-7 not collected. Dark age hut? Site destroyed 1979. Late Roman taq for boundary bank D7? Two mirror moulds in posthole or fourposter found in area B 1977-8.


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