Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Pant, Bryncroes

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Record number: 56
Site name:Pant, Bryncroes
Site number: 58
Location: house A
Earliest radiocarbon date: 220
Latest radiocarbon date: 720
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date:
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 7.2
Area: 40.7
Shape: circular
Rebuild of (house number): 57
Repair/Rebuild details: house 57 below and to the east
Wall material: wattle or plank revetment of clay or cob wall
Wall slot:Yes
Plank timber:Yes
Cob or clay: Yes
Wattle:Yes
Width of outer wall: 1.4
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: Hearth 214 and associated stakeholes in central area, no stratigraphic relationship, possibly later.
Postholes:Yes
Stakeholes:Yes
Door orientation: NE
External width: 2
Internal width: 1.5
Porch: Yes
Drainage gully:Yes
External hearth: Yes
Annexe details: yard
Vessels: unknown
Metalworking non-FE: unknown
Metalworking unknown: o wall
Pre-house activity: house 57 below and to the east
After use: Deposit with metalworking debris radiocarbon c. 5th-7th AD, no evidence for prior abandonment. Hearth may post-date.


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