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Celtic roundhouses and a prince's court are among the ancient buildings found in this green and quiet corner of the capital.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

If an internal fire took hold in one of the roundhouses, it would spread between the tightknit structures within minutes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

The inhabitants lived in a clutch of thatched roundhouses built on wooden stilts above a channel of the River Nene, which empties into the North Sea.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024

They fought with jabs from a kid quarterback, roundhouses from acrobatic receivers and knockdowns by giant linemen. 

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2017

There were at Rawa-Russka large railroad works, roundhouses, sidings, and storage yards.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)