Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hut Circle and Rectangular Hut at Clogwyn y Gath
Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Dolbenmaen, Gwynedd, recorded as Unenclosed hut circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Unenclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 29 May 1998
- Community
- Dolbenmaen
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.97444, -4.13393
- SAM number
- CN298
- Cadw record number
- 3662
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 · 119 Snowdon (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 well preserved remains of a hut circle that probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400) and a rectangular hut, perhaps contemporary with the hut circle or constructed during the medieval period, possibly on top of and re-using a pre-existing building.
The site has particular archaeological interest because the association of two distinct hut types suggests longevity and continuity of occupation. 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 scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Hut Circle Settlement East of Cefn BiforUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Hut Circle Settlement at Bwlch Cwm YstradllynUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Gorseddau Slate QuarryQuarryunder 1 mi
- Treforys Deserted Quarry SettlementSettlementunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.