Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement West of Votglas
Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, recorded as Enclosed hut circle settlement (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle settlement
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 7 January 1998
- Community
- Llanllyfni
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.05899, -4.25258
- SAM number
- CN265
- Cadw record number
- 887
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 remains of a well preserved compact enclosed settlement or individual farmstead of the Iron Age or Romano-British period and a later medieval or post-medieval platform hut and associated yard. The hut settlement comprises two round huts set within an enclosing bank. There is also evidence for associated field systems in the vicinity.
The site lies on S-facing slopes, SW of Mynydd Cilgwyn, with extensive views over Dyffryn Nantlle.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric and later settlement practices. It is an important relic of the prehistoric landscape, also showing continuity of use or re-use of the site, 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
- ParcDomesticunder 1 mi
- Weirglodd-newyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- BrynarvonDomesticunder 1 mi
- Seion Congregational ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.