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Archaeological evidence indicates they were built in a shallow sub-rectangular pit around 250mm deep and measuring around 2m by 1. 5m.

Within this pit were placed two substantial wooden posts in postholes at either end of the long axis.

Some archaeologists have suggested that a suspended wooden floor lay over the pit and that the cavity beneath was used for storage or to control dampness, although others have disputed this, suggesting that grubenhäuser did not have suspended floors at all.

A gabled roof supported by the timber posts covered the hut, which likely had no windows and had a single entrance at one end.