Single house record for Stackpole Warren A
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Record number: | 121 |
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Site name: | Stackpole Warren A |
Site number: | 146 |
Location: | 146 |
Earliest radiocarbon date: | -2140 |
Latest radiocarbon date: | -1450 |
Approx. early date: | |
Approx. late date: | |
% excavated: | |
Internal diameter: | 6 |
Area: | 28.3 |
Evidence of repair: | Yes |
Repair/Rebuild details: | posts later, implies two phases, first with double wall line, second with internal post ring and outer wall. |
In situ decay: | Yes |
Wall material: | posts set between hollows, internal wall slot, charcoal and daub suggests wattle and daub? |
Wall gully: | Yes |
Wall slot: | Yes |
Cob or clay: | Yes |
Wattle: | Yes |
Post: | Yes |
Internal post ring: | Yes |
Other features: | central post |
Periphery width: | 1 |
Central zone area: | 12.6 |
Hearth: | Yes |
Hearth details: | central hollow with clay lining, stakeholes. Charcoal and burnt bone |
Floor details: | hollowed, loess with burnt areas, esp. at entrance |
Wear: | Yes |
Stakeholes: | Yes |
Door orientation: | ENE |
External width: | 0.5 |
Internal width: | 1.4 |
Porch: | Yes |
Lithics and production: | unknown |
Burnt stone: | o wall |
Vessels: | various |
Human bone: | various |
Pre-house activity: | General activity on site. Posthole 153 set in existing feature containing charcoal and bone, filled in before use. |
After use: | burnt down (giving radiocarbon date), infilling and soil formation, standing stone |
Notes: | burnt stone group in outer wall to N. Wall line inside outer post ring. Possible outer wall at edge of hollow to prevent flooding? Cereals from house mostly barley. Two other houses on this site, see archive. Ritual aspect suggested (Benson 1990, 238) much Beaker pottery. Could reconstruct as 4m diameter or 6m diameter, inner wall unusual? |
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