Anglesey ‘Round House’ project, Llanddeusant.
Two10 metre diameter roundhouses have been built at Melin Llynnon, Llanddeusant, Anglesey, as a tourism and education centre. The aim of the project is to show how natural resources, especially woodlands, might have been used in prehistory. The construction is based on archaeological finds dating back to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, approximately 2,500 to 3,000 years ago.
To construct one roundhouse it took approximately 10 cubic metres of oak, 12 cubic metres of ash, 2,500 linear metres of hazel, 1,900 bundles of water reed (1 bundle is 2' circumference, 1' above butt, usually at the tie) and 10 tonnes of daub. All of the materials, except the water reed, came from Wales.
The roundhouses were built by Tref Alaw Community Council in partnership with Coed Cymru and the Isle of Anglesey County Council as part of a Cydcoed project run by the Forestry Commission Wales with funding from the EU and Welsh Assembly Government.
The Club have been involved from the start and have held many sessions at Melin Llynnon. We were privileged to hold a session in the first house to be built during the early phase of construction.
On our National Archaeology Day on 14th July 2007 we will once again visit the site.
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