Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hut Group Near Tan-y-Coed Pont Rhythallt
Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hut group
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 22 September 1995
- Community
- Llanddeiniolen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.15038, -4.16923
- SAM number
- CN232
- Cadw record number
- 1416
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 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (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.
A hut-circle settlement probably dating to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c.800BC to AD400). It lies beside a small stream in a marshy valley, just above the floodplain of the Afon Rhythallt. There are at least seven circular stone-walled huts, measuring from 3m to 9m in diameter, some linked by low stony banks, set in a compact group around a central 'courtyard' area. To the west are three circular stony platforms, possibly the remains of other huts.
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
- Former Railway Carriage ShedTransportunder 1 mi
- Pen-Isa'r-Waen CampEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Pont-RhythalltTransportunder 1 mi
- Pen-y-Gaer CampHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.