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Single house record for Castell Henllys

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Record number: 201
Site name:Castell Henllys
Site number: 132
Location: 1
Approx. early date: -500
Approx. late date: 400
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 10
Area: 78.6
Shape: circular
Evidence of repair:Yes
Repair/Rebuild details: Varying thickness of wall gully suggests more than one phase. Second gully 405
In situ decay:Yes
Wall material: gully to N, posts in this
Wall gully:Yes
Wall slot:Yes
Post:Yes
Internal post ring:Yes
Periphery width: c. 1.5
Central zone area: 38.5
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: central hollow with signs of burning, filled with rocks (326). Posts to support spit
Floor details: not surviving
Postholes:Yes
Door orientation: S
Internal width: 1.3
Drainage gully:Yes
Notes:suggests ring of posts belongs to a different phase of wall?


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