Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hut Circle South of Cae'r Sais
Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Unenclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 21 January 1998
- Community
- Llanwnda
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.08999, -4.24095
- SAM number
- CN266
- Cadw record number
- 888
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 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the well-preserved remains of an isolated hut circle that probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). To the SE is a clearance cairn which may overly a second small hut circle of a similar date. The stone footed hut circle could have formed part of a more extensive agricultural settlement, as indicated by the presence of a field system. The clearance cairn suggests agricultural activities involving cultivation.
The monument 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 significance of the site is enhanced by its proximity to other archaeological features, including a sunken track and early field walls, suggesting continuity of use of the area.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed HutUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Hafoty Ty-Newydd Enclosed Hut GroupEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- GorphwysfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tegfan and adjoining cottage to rightDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.