Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement South East of Yr Onen
Talsarnau, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 2 March 1994
- Community
- Talsarnau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.91474, -4.01206
- SAM number
- ME140
- Cadw record number
- 3242
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 an enclosed settlement of multiple hut circles, which probably dates from the first millennium BC. The site is in improved pasture with rock outcrops, on a gentle slope with good views from NE to SE. The interior is slightly levelled, resulting in a positive scarp on the east and a negative one with a wall on top on the west. There is a slight outer bank visible on the NW; the 'bank' off to the NE is a ridge of rock. A path runs from an original entrance on the east past two huts and terminates at a third.
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
- Nant Pasgan-mawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Y Gyrn Round CairnsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Hut Circles East of Moel GeifrHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Plas LlandecwynDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.