Single house record for Llandegai
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| Record number: | 14 |
|---|---|
| Site name: | Llandegai |
| Site number: | 50 |
| Location: | A2 |
| Approx. early date: | -1200 |
| Approx. late date: | -400 |
| % excavated: | 75-100% |
| Internal diameter: | 15 |
| Area: | 176.7 |
| Evidence of repair: | Yes |
| Repair/Rebuild details: | gullies inside to SE and N suggest repair and replacement, or separate houses c. 9m diameter, one later and one earlier |
| Wall material: | gully, plank built outer wall |
| Wall gully: | Yes |
| Plank timber: | Yes |
| Internal post ring: | Yes |
| Periphery width: | 3.25 |
| Periphery area: | 50.3 |
| Hearth: | Yes |
| Hearth details: | central red patch of soil |
| Wear: | Yes |
| Postholes: | Yes |
| Other features: | Yes |
| Feature details: | internal porch? |
| Door orientation: | ESE |
| Internal width: | 2.75 |
| Drainage gully: | Yes |
| Vessels: | unknown |
| Pre-house activity: | Henge, pottey associated with radiocarbon 1210 - 970 cal BC |
| After use: | RB features around henge entrance and ditch: postholes, hearths and finds (pottery, spindlewhorls, hones, Fe + CuA frags, brooch, bead, hearth lining) suggests late 1st to e. 2nd c. occupation |
| Notes: | centrally located in henge. Planks to S of entrance, cobbles outside? No radiocarbon for roundhouses themselves. Lack of finds, possibly a ritual structure? |
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