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Record number: 107
Site name:Prestatyn
Site number: 96
Location: I1
Earliest radiocarbon date: -390
Latest radiocarbon date: 220
Approx. early date: -200
Approx. late date: 100
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 6 x 7
Area: 29
Shape: oval
Evidence of repair:Yes
Repair/Rebuild details: recutting of wall line in NW part, replacement of porch postholes, five phases of drainage gullies (or wall lines?)
Wall material: oak posts, possible posts or stakes in wall gully
Stake:Yes
Wall gully:Yes
Pits:Yes
Postholes:Yes
Stakeholes:Yes
Other features:Yes
Feature details:latrine
Door orientation: E
External width: 1.4
Internal width: 1.1
Porch: Yes
Drainage gully:Yes
After use: deliberate demolition? Deposit of fuel ash slag over burnt layer (could be burnt daub). Not burnt in situ
Notes:latrine inside at North end, could be later. Is there a second doorway?


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