Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Bronze Age Roundhouse Miniature Paper Model - by English Heritage

Offered by the educational website English Heritage and spanning nine printed sheets, this is a paper miniature of a Bronze Age Roundhouse. 

People in the British Isles lived in roundhouses for more than 2,000 years. The first ones were built in the Bronze Age, which started around 2300BC. They were also lived in throughout the Iron Age, which began in around 800BC and lasted until the Romans invaded in AD43. Roundhouses were still used after the Romans arrived. 

Roundhouses were circular dwellings that had thatched roofs and walls made of wooden posts, which were filled in with wattle-and-daub (a combination of woven branches, earth and clay).  The posts were placed in holes dug into the ground. Some roundhouses in upland areas were built with stone walls. 

Roundhouses were often grouped into villages, such as Grimspound in Devon (which dates from the late Bronze Age), where there are the remains of 24 stone roundhouses. These were inside a huge boundary wall that was about 150 metres in diameter.

Oferecido pelo site educativo English Heritage e ocupando nove folhas impressas, essa é uma miniatura em papel de uma Casa Redonda (Roundhouse) da Idade do Bronze. 

As pessoas nas Ilhas Britânicas viveram em casas redondas (Roundhouses) por mais de 2.000 anos. As primeiras foram construídos na Idade do Bronze, que começou por volta de 2300 aC. Também há evidências que eram usadas durante toda a Idade do Ferro, que começou por volta de 800 aC e durou até a invasão romana em 43 dC. Estas habitações redondas ainda foram usadas depois que os romanos chegaram. 

Casas Redondas (Roundhouses) eram habitações circulares que tinham telhados de palha e paredes feitas de troncos de madeira, que eram cobertas com pau a pique (uma combinação de galhos trançados, terra e barro). Os troncos eram fixados em buracos cavados no chão. Algumas casas redondas em áreas de planalto eram construídas com paredes de pedra. 

As Roundhouses eram frequentemente agrupadas em aldeias, como Grimspound em Devon (que data do final da Idade do Bronze), onde ainda existem os restos de 24 roundhouses de pedra. Estas estavam dentro de um enorme muro de fronteira com cerca de 150 metros de diâmetro.


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