Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hut Circle East of Taleifion
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Unenclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 26 February 1998
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.97265, -4.23575
- SAM number
- CN280
- Cadw record number
- 882
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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of an isolated hut circle with an adjoining enclosure or yard. The site probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). The hut circle is of massive orthostatic construction and in an impressive state of preservation.
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 archaeological importance of the site is enhanced by indications of an early field system in the vicinity of the hut, but outside the scheduled 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
- Garreg lwyd CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty-newydd FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tan-y-braich, with attached farm buildingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Haybarn at Tan-y-braichAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.