Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr
Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, recorded as Enclosed hut circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 26 July 1996
- Community
- Dyffryn Ardudwy
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.76570, -4.09053
- SAM number
- ME159
- Cadw record number
- 1468
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the particularly well preserved and complete remains of a substantial, stone-built enclosed homestead of the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). The massive enclosure wall surrounds an oval interior which contains a single large hut, partly built into the N enclosure wall. There are indications of old field walls nearby which maybe associated. The site is broadly contemporary with other settlements in the vicinity.
The monument is a type of site common in Meirionnydd but rarely found at such low altitude. 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. Its low-lying and poorly drained location suggest that organic material may survive. Its value is further increased by the group value with the other broadly contemporary settlements in the vicinity.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Shelter ShedAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn to NW of Old HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Egryn AbbeyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Mill and StoreAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.