Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hut circle East of Afon Rhaeadr Fawr
Aber, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Unenclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 13 February 1997
- Community
- Aber
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.21971, -3.99882
- SAM number
- CN244
- Cadw record number
- 1477
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (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 remains of a single, isolated hut circle that probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). It stands within pasture on the east side of the valley of the Afon Rhaeadr-fawr on ground sloping gently to the west. It is particularly complete and well-preserved, with surviving floor and additional features such as an orthostatic doorway and a possible porch. There is the possibility of an associated field system nearby, adding to its importance.
The monument is an especially good example of a single, isolated hut circle and is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric domestic construction practices. The monument retains significant archaeological potential and there is a strong probability that structural evidence has survived, together with internal and external floor surfaces.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Nant RhaeadrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Meuryn Isaf CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Hut Group 180m NW of Hafod-y-GelynEnclosed hut circleunder 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.