Single house record for Bryn Eryr
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| Record number: | 37 |
|---|---|
| Site name: | Bryn Eryr |
| Site number: | 10 |
| Location: | A |
| Earliest radiocarbon date: | -800 |
| Latest radiocarbon date: | 390 |
| Approx. early date: | -400 |
| Approx. late date: | 390 |
| % excavated: | 75-100% |
| Internal diameter: | 8.5 |
| Area: | 56.8 |
| Shape: | circular |
| Evidence of repair: | Yes |
| Repair/Rebuild details: | Two phases |
| Wall material: | clay walls, possible wooden lining on inside, structural postholes |
| Wall slot: | Yes |
| Cob or clay: | Yes |
| Post: | Yes |
| Width of outer wall: | 2 |
| Periphery width: | 1.5 |
| Hearth details: | none |
| Internal partitions: | Yes |
| Drain: | Yes |
| Postholes: | Yes |
| Stakeholes: | Yes |
| Feature details: | light partition screen |
| Door orientation: | E |
| External width: | 2 |
| Internal width: | 1.5 |
| Porch: | Yes |
| Drainage gully: | Yes |
| Querns, mortars, grindstones: | various |
| Vessels: | unknown |
| After use: | fence crossing roofless house |
| Notes: | In timber stockade, then earthwork built, continued into phase 2, not 3. Porch inside thickness of wall. In situ mortars. Granaries. Could be a turf structure |
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