Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Coety Bach Homestead
Talsarnau, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Talsarnau, Gwynedd, recorded as Enclosed hut circle settlement (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle settlement
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 17 March 1980
- Community
- Talsarnau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.90497, -4.03821
- SAM number
- ME109
- Cadw record number
- 2484
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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 · 135 Harlech (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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of an enclosed settlement of multiple hut circles, which probably dates from the first millennium BC, the Late Bronze Age or Iron Age.
The site lies on a natural shelf running NNE - SSW and facing more or less NW. It consists of an enclosure, which is a long rectangle, divided into two parts, of which the S part is longer and narrower. The wider N part is almost square and contains three hut circles in three of the corners, the fourth corner being occupied by a heap of stone. This is probably derived from the wall of this N part of the enclosure on the SE, which has been cleared; it appears to be too small to cover a hut circle. It is not very recent, judging by the size of the trees growing on it.
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 scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Coety Mawr Round Hut and EnclosureUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Maes y Caerau HomesteadConcentric enclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- GlanrafonNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Glanllyn CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.