Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Round Hut and Cairns on NW Slope of Braich Ddu
Arthog, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 22 November 1977
- Community
- Arthog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.68955, -4.02073
- SAM number
- ME100
- Cadw record number
- 537
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 Monument.
The monument comprises a circular dry stone bank 8m in diameter and standing up to 1m high, which may be either the remains of a ring cairn probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC), or of a hut circle, the foundation of a round house probably dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age (c.2300 BC - AD 74). To its west lie at least two stone cairns, which may represent clearance from the surrounding fields.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the prehistoric use of this area. The site is an important relic of a prehistoric landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of intact archaeological deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. This site is only part of a complex of prehistoric remains stretching along a substantial length of the shelf between the Cadair Idris massif and the coast, which means that it also has 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
- Enclosure & Settlement 400m East of Cyfannedd FawrHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Hut Circle South of Cyfannedd FawrUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Bron-Llety-Ifan cairns and cup-marked rockKerb Cairnunder 1 mi
- Bedd-y-Brenin Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.