Hut Group and Enclosure Near Cae Cerrig

Cadw's description

Summary description and reason for designation

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.

The monument consists of a substantial stone-built hut group of Iron Age or Romano-British date (c. 800 BC - AD 400). It comprises three conjoined hut circles grouped around a spring. They are cut back into a fairly steep, west-facing slope below Moel Rhiwen. Nearby is a large, sub-oval enclosure delineated by large boulders, with its long axis up and down the slope. There are also two lynchetted and stone-faced terraces which may have originally formed part of an enclosure or field system around the settlement.

While long views, especially to the west along the Afon Rhythallt valley are important, the significant views would have been medium and short over the fields farmed from the settlement. These are also primarily to the west.

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 site also has group value with broadly contemporary sites nearby. The possibility of environmental evidence surviving in the wet areas and beneath the associated lynchets increases the archaeological potential of the site.

The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.