Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

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Record number: 38
Site name:Bryn Eryr
Site number: 10
Location: B
Earliest radiocarbon date: -170
Latest radiocarbon date: 240
Approx. early date: -400
Approx. late date: 400
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 7
Area: 38.5
Shape: circular
Wall material: clay walls, possible inner face has wooden lining
Wall slot:Yes
Cob or clay: Yes
Post:Yes
Width of outer wall: 1.25
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: central hearth of laid stones, earlier burning to NE
Floor details: stone spread in entrance
Drain:Yes
Postholes:Yes
Feature details:disturbance from rafters?
Door orientation: E
External width: 2
Internal width: 2
Porch: Yes
Drainage gully:Yes
Querns, mortars, grindstones: back right
Vessels: back
Notes:In phase 2 used alongside house 37, and in phase 3 alongside 39. Internal porch. In situ querns. Granaries. Could be turf structure


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