Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Enclosed Hut Group North-East of Llystyn Uchaf
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, recorded as Enclosed hut circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 5 March 1998
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.97657, -4.25459
- SAM number
- CN281
- Cadw record number
- 1510
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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a well preserved enclosed hut circle settlement, which probably dates from the first millennium BC. The site comprises four huts, two of which are circular, and two rectangular which could have been ancilliary structures. All are likely to be contemporary but could represent different phases of construction.
The site has archaeological importance because of its fortunate survival in an area of agricultural improvement and from the wide range of structural features which it presents. The monument 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 scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Tan-y-braich, with attached farm buildingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Haybarn at Tan-y-braichAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Garreg lwyd CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llystyn Gwyn Inscribed StoneInscribed Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.