Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bwlch-y-Dafarn Enclosed Hut Group
Moelfre, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Moelfre
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.34629, -4.26562
- SAM number
- AN104
- Cadw record number
- 520
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c.800BC - AD400) and comprises the remains of a rectangular enclosure with traces of at least one round hut and several oblong buildings within, there may also be traces of activity beyond the enclosure wall. The enclosure probably measured c.56m in length by 36m in width originally, bounded by a stone wall which survives to a height of 0.5m. It is orientated NNE-SSW. The fragmentary remains of the S wall are no longer attached to the rest of the enclosure, as there are gaps between them and the W and E walls. There is one round hut towards the SW corner c.4.5m in internal diameter, with walls 0.3m high. The remains of two rectangular buildings are visible, one attached to the W side of the enclosure, towards the NW corner, and the other, of which only the SW and NW sides can be clearly seen, lying towards the NE corner.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structures themselves may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Coed Newydd Boiling Mounds & Smelting HearthIron forgeunder 1 mi
- Caerhoslligwy Enclosed Hut GroupsEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Din Llugwy Romano-British VillageEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Boston WellWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.