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A Middle Bronze Age Round-house at Glanfeinion, near Llandinam, Powys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

W.J. Britnell ,
R.J. Silvester ,
A.M. Gibson ,
A.E. Caseldine ,
K.L. Hunter ,
S. Johnson ,
S. Hamilton-Dyer  and
A. Vince
W.J. Britnell
Affiliation:
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT), 7a Church Street, Welshpool, Powys SY21 7DL
R.J. Silvester
Affiliation:
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT), 7a Church Street, Welshpool, Powys SY21 7DL
A.M. Gibson
Affiliation:
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT), 7a Church Street, Welshpool, Powys SY21 7DL
A.E. Caseldine
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Wales, Lampeter, Dyfed SA48 7ED
K.L. Hunter
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Wales, Lampeter, Dyfed SA48 7ED
S. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Wales, Lampeter, Dyfed SA48 7ED
S. Hamilton-Dyer
Affiliation:
Wessex Archaeology, Portway House, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 6EB
A. Vince
Affiliation:
City of Lincoln Archaeological Unit, Charlote House, The Lawn, Lincoln LN1 3BL
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Abstract

Small-scale rescue excavations during the course of pipeline construction have revealed a single Middle Bronze Age round-house, ring-ditch, and pits on a lowland site in the upper Severn valley with associated radiocarbon determinations which suggest a date within the range 1400–1170 cal BC. Associated finds include a large assemblage of charred naked barley and plain and decorated vessels of cordoned, bucket, and barrel urn traditions, together with a quern and a rubbing stone. The round-house, the first building of this date to be found in central Wales, can be paralleled with ones of similar date elsewhere, especially in southern England.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 63 , 1997 , pp. 179 - 197
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1997

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