Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hut Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, North
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle settlement
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 23 June 1998
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.00807, -4.23870
- SAM number
- CN294
- Cadw record number
- 1524
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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 well-preserved foundations of three huts which probably date to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c.800 BC - AD 400). Two huts form a pair and are situated within a shared enclosure; the third is situated 90m to the north-west with its own enclosure. The settlement may be associated with two similar but larger settlements close by and is likely to have been occupied during the same period.
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 archaeological value of the site is enhanced by its probable association with the two settlements nearby.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Hut Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, CentralUnenclosed hut circle settlementunder 1 mi
- Mynydd Graig Goch round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Hut Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, SouthUnenclosed hut circle settlementunder 1 mi
- Garnedd-goch round cairnRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.