Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hafotty Wern Las Hut Group & Fields
Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanwnda, Gwynedd, recorded as Unenclosed hut circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Unenclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llanwnda
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.10027, -4.23976
- SAM number
- CN151
- Cadw record number
- 3616
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (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 comprises the remains of a settlement or settlements, with associated fields, probably dating to the Iron Age and Roman-British periods.
It has been divided into three items. CN151A is a group of 4 round huts. CN151B to the SE, is an enclosed settlement of 2 rectangular and 1 circular hut, all built against the enclosing stone wall. Continuing to the SE, and upslope, CN151C is a group of terraced field enclosures, 2 of them circular and concentric, with others of irregular shape grouped around them. A modern track divides CN151A and B, and has destroyed the NW wall of the enclosed group (CN151B) and also made uncertain the relationship between the two parts.
The surrounding fields are dominated by the two circular, almost concentric, enclosures, the inner one being 25m in diameter and the outer 70m, both have entrances on the W. They have both been levelled into the slope, forming a terrace of at least 1.5m on the down-slope side, and cutting into the slope to a depth of 1.5m on the upper side. Other terraces adjoin these, forming enclosures to the N, W and S. The relationship between the terraced fields and the enclosed hut group is not known; it is possible that the inner of the concentric circles contains the site of an earlier settlement. The field system continues well outside the scheduled area and links up with another settlement 200m to the N, and perhaps also with a settlement 400m to the SE.
On the SW side of the site are the remains of a ruined cottage. The track which led to this cottage forms the SW boundary of the scheduled area.
The site was excavated in 1921-2.
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
- Ancient Village 270m West of Bod AngharadEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- BodgaradDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cowhouse at BodgaradAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Hay Barn at BodgaradAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.