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Early House-Types in Wales EXAMINATION of a croft site, Nant-y-Moch, in the Upper Nedd (Neath) valley, Ystradfelite, Brecknockshire, has led Sir Cyril Fox to certain conclusions as to possible prototypes of the Long-House in Wales^ (Antiquity, December 1940). The site lies at a point in the valley 1,250 ft. above Ordnance datum in an upland region such as was much sought after by early man, and where, it is known, was a meeting place of the B (Wessex) and A (East Anglian) Beaker cultures. The house stood on a narrow shelf, its long axis being at right angles to the contours and the upper part deeply excavated in the side of a rapidly steepening hill. It is in ruins, and certain structural features are obscure. It is built on an artificial platform on two levels, of which the upper end is much below, and the lower end slightly above, the natural level of the natural surface. Probably the length of the upper half was not less than 20 ft., the breadth only 12 ft., but at the southern end increasing to 17–18 ft. with a roof span slightly in excess. The total length was probably not less than 55 ft. A cross-wall divides the upper and lower-houses.
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Research Items. Nature 147, 120–121 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147120a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147120a0