Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hut Group near Pen Llwyn, Carmel
Llandwrog, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llandwrog, Gwynedd, recorded as Enclosed hut circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 31 October 1996
- Community
- Llandwrog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.06588, -4.26227
- SAM number
- CN238
- Cadw record number
- 1469
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 · 118 Nevin (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 the unusually complete remains of a substantial enclosed settlement, which probably dates from the first millennium BC. The settlement lies on gently sloping land, close to a stream below Mynydd y Cilgwyn, Carmel and because of the quality of preservation, a diverse range of features can be identified. It consists of six or seven closely conjoined circular huts around a small courtyard approached via a stone-bordered passage which leads to an entrance marked by orthostats.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement practices. It also has a significant group value with a range of broadly contemporary monuments in the area and its association with a small paddock adds considerably to its archaeological potential for the study of economic aspects of settlement at this time. The monument is therefore an important relic of the prehistoric landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of environmental and structural evidence, including preserved internal and external floor levels.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Cart shelter and stables at Uwchlaw'r-rhosAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cowhouse at Uwchlaw'r-rhosAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Uwchlaw'r-rhosDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tan-y-FforddDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.