Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gwern Engan Concentric Enclosed Hut Circle
Penmaenmawr, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hut Circle Settlement
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 11 November 1998
- Community
- Penmaenmawr
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.27350, -3.87092
- SAM number
- CN299
- Cadw record number
- 1537
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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 little disturbed remains of a hut circle settlement consisting of two huts, the foundations of round houses, probably dating to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). One of the huts lies within a concentric circular enclosure.
The concentrically enclosed hut circle is a rare type, few of which have survived intact, making its continued survival particularly important. The archaeological significance of this hut is further enhanced by the close proximity of the second, probably contemporary hut. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric domestic life and social organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of structural evidence and associated archaeological features and deposits, including surviving floor levels.
The scheduled areas comprise the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Hut Circle Settlement at Gwern EnganHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Row of Pigsties at Llechan-uchafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Farmbuildings at Llechan-uchafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Castell Caer LleionHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.