Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Enclosed Hut Group at Clogwyn Bach
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 18 February 1998
- Community
- Pwllheli
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.90888, -4.40135
- SAM number
- CN279
- Cadw record number
- 1509
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 visually impressive and well preserved enclosed hut-group settlement, which probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c.800 BC - AD 400). It lies NE of Clogwyn Bach, on level ground between rock outcrops to the N and S.
The site consists of three hut circles, two rectangular huts and their associated yards set within a stone walled enclosure. Also present within the scheduled area is an adjoining field system which is probably contemporary with the settlement. The site appears to present evidence for changes and alterations suggesting that it was occupied over an extensive period of time.
The monument contains a wide range of surviving structural features and is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement practices. It is an important relic of the prehistoric landscape 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 site also appears to present evidence for changes and alterations suggesting that it was occupied over an extensive chronological period. This, combined with the presence of an early field system enhances the archaeological potential of the site.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Clogwyn TowerGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Ffynnon CawrdafHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- ArosfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pig-swill House at Ty IocwsAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.