Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Moel Y Gerddi

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Record number: 23
Site name:Moel Y Gerddi
Site number: 56
Location: first phase
Earliest radiocarbon date: -800
Latest radiocarbon date: -150
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date:
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 9.4
Area: 69.4
Shape: circular
Wall material: timber wall slot
Plank timber:Yes
Width of outer wall: 0.3
Internal post ring:Yes
Periphery width: 1.5
Central zone area: 30.2
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: large stone block in pit filled with blackened soil, burnt stones, charcoal, stakeholes
Floor details: no wear
Stakeholes:Yes
Other features:Yes
Feature details:stakeholes around central hearth (?) stone, slot
Door orientation: E
Internal width: 1.1
Door 2 orientation: W
Door 2 internal width: 0.8
Annexe details: post pairs, stakehole pairs, pit
Pre-house activity: Neolithic features: scoop or pit to E of roundhouse and another hearth under roundhouse floor
Notes:burnt stones outside near E entrance


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