Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mynydd Mallaen Long Hut
Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Rectangular hut (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Rectangular hut
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 13 March 2000
- Community
- Cilycwm
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.07531, -3.85945
- SAM number
- CM303
- Cadw record number
- 1644
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 195 Lampeter (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a rectangular hut, which probably dates to the Medieval period and rests on an earth cut platform. Low stone foundations define a two-roomed dwelling. Variations in the building fabric suggest more than one phase of construction.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric/medieval settlement. The monument forms an important element within the wider prehistoric/medieval context and the scheduled area may be expected to contain a wide range of archaeological information, including chronological detail and evidence in regard to construction techniques and agricultural methods. Rectangular huts may be part of a larger cluster of settlement and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is square and measures 30m x 30m.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt Mound on Esgair FerchonBurnt Moundunder 1 mi
- Pen Cerrigdiddos Round CairnsRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Cefn y Bryn Ring CairnRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Mynydd Mallaen Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.