Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Long Hut North of Cwm Farm
Clynnog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Rectangular hut
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 11 August 1999
- Community
- Clynnog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.98872, -4.33272
- SAM number
- CN309
- Cadw record number
- 133
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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a rectangular hut or long hut, which probably dates to the medieval period. The hut stands on an artificial earthen platform and is set at ninety degrees to the natural slope of the ground. The building measures 14.5m x 6m externally and survives today in the form of the lower stone foundations which measure up to 1m wide and 0.5m high. The building had two opposed entrances and an internal subdivision within producing two rooms, the larger of which measured c. 8m x 4m. It could have been associated with the monastic land holdings at Cwm mentioned in the 1200 Aberconwy charter.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement. The monument forms an important element within the wider medieval context and the scheduled area may be expected to contain a wide range of archaeological information, including chronological detail and evidence in regard to construction techniques and agricultural methods. Surviving internal floor levels may also survive. Rectangular huts may be part of a larger cluster of settlement and their importance can be further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosed Hut Group North West of Cwm FarmEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Hut Circle Settlement West of Cwm FarmHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Pen y Gaer CampHillfortunder 1 mi
- Burnt Mound East of Pen-y-GaerBurnt Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.