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Romano-British Roundhouses
Since around 2500BC until up to about AD200 houses were built round. In upland areas the walls of these houses were built of stone, the roof was built of timber and thatched with heather,
straw, turf or other materials. The walls of the houses at Forcegarth were made by placing posts in the ground on a
circle then enclosing in a box like structure of undressed with boulders forming post positions, the gaps within the
box frame were then filled with smaller stones some of which were pot boilers.
The entrances of round houses were orientated east to south east either in order to catch the sun as it rose in the
morning and away from the prevailing wind, or for some religious reason.
From here you can explore reconstruction images of the round house interior or roofing,
VRML model or video clips of the roundhouses.
Alternatively, browse the archive for information on potboilers and the plan
and excavation photograph of the house cluster and northern room of central cluster.
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