Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hut Circle Settlement East of Cefn Bifor
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Unenclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 17 February 1998
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.98157, -4.14274
- SAM number
- CN273
- Cadw record number
- 885
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 a compact settlement that probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). The settlement consists of four stone footed round huts of similar forms and dimensions lying together in a line.
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; the site is partially covered in peat which should have resulted in good preservation and there is a strong probability that structural evidence has survived, together with internal and external floor surfaces. The archaeological potential of the site is enhanced by its location within an area which is known to contain other, probably contemporary settlement sites.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Treforys Deserted Quarry SettlementSettlementunder 1 mi
- Braich y Cornel Hut Circle Settlement and Field SystemHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Hut Circle and Rectangular Hut at Clogwyn y GathUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Gorseddau Slate QuarryQuarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.