Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Castell Henllys

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Record number: 205
Site name:Castell Henllys
Site number: 132
Location: area behind inner N bank, E part of trench 1986 4?
Approx. early date: -500
Approx. late date: 400
% excavated:
Internal diameter: 13
Area: 132.7
Shape: circular
Evidence of repair:Yes
Repair/Rebuild details: at least three recuts of drainage gully
Drainage gully:Yes
Pre-house activity: pits (clay lined) and postholes overlain by burning including carbonised grain
After use: fourposters
Notes:gully was to be excavated in 1987, half of eaves drip only (on one side). Large, could also be enclosure


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