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Record number: 3
Site name:Cefn Du
Site number: 20
Location: S3 'workshop'
Earliest radiocarbon date: -360
Latest radiocarbon date: 240
Approx. early date: -360
Approx. late date:
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 5.5
Area: 23.8
Wall material: burnt daub arc, stone roof tile
Cob or clay: Yes
Floor details: large rectangular pit with slag
Drain:Yes
Pits:Yes
Querns, mortars, grindstones: periph z
Other metalworking: o wall
Metalworking non-FE: periph z
Pre-house activity: Group of postholes and stakeholes. Wheat grains and chaff with radiocarbon 240 cal BC-140 cal AD.
After use: shallow sub-circular features containing Fe and quern fragments.
Notes:incomplete arc, possibly open to south. Used slightly later than main building?


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