Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hafoty Ty-Newydd Enclosed Hut Group
Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanwnda, Gwynedd, recorded as Enclosed hut circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 15 January 1986
- Community
- Llanwnda
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.09002, -4.24577
- SAM number
- CN205
- Cadw record number
- 553
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises an enclosed hut group dating to the later prehistoric period. The remains of four circular huts c.5-6m in diameter lie within a roughly rectangular enclosure measuring c.40m E-W by c.25m N-S. The enclosing bank is grass-covered, surviving best on the N side, where it is c.1m high. There is also an entrance in the N side. Terraces (traces of former fields) are visible nearby.
The enclosure has been obscured to some extent by stone dumping and the construction of a modern field wall on its W side, but it is well-preserved, and part of a group around Rhostryfan.
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
- Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed HutUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Hut Circle South of Cae'r SaisUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Hut Group and Field System E of Coed-y-BrainHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Enclosed Hut Circle North-West of Tan RhiwEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.