Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Breiddin

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Record number: 63
Site name:Breiddin
Site number: 79
Location: R1 final phase
Earliest radiocarbon date: -770
Latest radiocarbon date: -390
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date:
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter: 6.5
Area: 33.2
Rebuild of (house number): 62
Wall material: wattles in gully, stakeholes
Stake:Yes
Wall gully:Yes
Wattle:Yes
Width of outer wall: 0.3
Hearth: Yes
Floor details: floor 68 remains
Door orientation: SW
Internal width: 1.9
Other ground stone: o wall
Vessels: o wall
Briquetage: various
Decorative fittings: o wall
Textile production: various
Special deposit:Yes
Location: periph
Animal bone:Yes
Metalwork:Yes
Pottery:Yes
Worked stone:Yes
Pre-house activity: 61, 62
After use: stony RB deposits
Notes:Upper level. Fire over wall area 6 - may be contemporary, contained significant deposit of finds, but radiocarbon problematic. Walls 75 F and A


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