Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Llangynog II

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Record number: 200
Site name:Llangynog II
Site number: 161
Location:
Earliest radiocarbon date: 0
Latest radiocarbon date: 390
Approx. early date:
Approx. late date:
% excavated:
Internal diameter:
Area:
Shape: other
Post removal: Yes
Wall material: post and plank?
Wall gully:Yes
Plank timber:Yes
Post:Yes
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: hollow area of burning 30, against wall gully. Circular feature 207 a pit or a hearth, showed evidence of burning. Area of burnt clay and stones 218 could be a hearth.
Pits:Yes
Postholes:Yes
Feature details:another small pit 217 filled with burnt soil
Door orientation: S?
Drainage gully:Yes
External hearth: Yes
Burnt stone: central z
Textile production: unknown
Pre-house activity: Drainage gully 26 - could be part of an earlier structure?
After use: Dismantlement, period of abondonment suggested by accumulation of silt, then burnt. Circular feature (pit?) later packed with burnt stones
Notes:house platform, plan unclear MAY NOT be circular. Gully and platform remaining. Temporary structure?


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