Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Settlement Above Ffridd Ddu
Aber, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Aber, Gwynedd, recorded as Hut Circle Settlement (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hut Circle Settlement
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 22 January 1997
- Community
- Aber
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.22177, -4.02177
- SAM number
- CN243
- Cadw record number
- 902
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 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (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 several hut circles, the foundations of round houses probably dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age (c.2300 BC - AD 74). This compact early settlement lies on high north-west-facing pasture above Ffridd Ddu. Both rectangular and circular huts are represented, associated with a small enclosure and yard.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric domestic life and social organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of structural evidence and associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Cras, cairn to N ofRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cras, ring cairn to N ofRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cras CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Hut Circle Settlement on Caer MynyddHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.