Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Fron-Galed Homestead
Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 17 March 1980
- Community
- Dyffryn Ardudwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.78149, -4.08911
- SAM number
- ME113
- Cadw record number
- 2486
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 the remains of an enclosed hut group, probably dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age (c. 2300BC to AD74 the Roman invasion of Wales). It consists of the foundations of three or four round buildings with traces of a surrounding enclosure wall. The remains appear as low, grass-covered banks.
The site lies on a gentle slope facing W which is part of the first rise of the ground from the coastal flats near Llanddwywe church.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structures themselves may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Berth Ddu Hut CirclesEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Dyffryn Ardudwy Chambered TombHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Entrance gates, piers and walling at Cors y Gedol HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St. DwyweReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.