Single house record for Dan-y-Coed
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| Record number: | 137 |
|---|---|
| Site name: | Dan-y-Coed |
| Site number: | 163 |
| Location: | VI |
| Earliest radiocarbon date: | -360 |
| Latest radiocarbon date: | 250 |
| Approx. early date: | -360 |
| Approx. late date: | 80 |
| % excavated: | 75-100% |
| Internal diameter: | 10 |
| Area: | 78.6 |
| Shape: | polygonal |
| Evidence of repair: | Yes |
| Repair/Rebuild details: | Three successive houses A: drainage gullies, B: stakebuilt, on platform. C: wall gully W entrance |
| Stake: | Yes |
| Wall gully: | Yes |
| Hearth: | Yes |
| Hearth details: | hearth (laid soil base) and cooking pit 1742 (clay linings, charcoal, potboilers) phase B. Phase C hearth and cooking pit 1746 (right of centre) for boiling |
| Floor details: | cobbled surfaces assoc with hearth |
| Postholes: | Yes |
| Stakeholes: | Yes |
| Door orientation: | W |
| Internal width: | 1.5 |
| Drainage gully: | Yes |
| Annexe details: | burnt mound to SW - from hearth? |
| Burnt stone: | hearth |
| Vessels: | unknown |
| After use: | Disuse in phase E. Two successive four posters in this phase. Cooking pit 1746 used as posthole for four poster. Possible phase F house |
| Notes: | rampart built round house in phase C? |
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