Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement at Ffridd Bodyfuddau
Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, recorded as Enclosed hut circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 12 December 1997
- Community
- Trawsfynydd
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.89095, -3.88764
- SAM number
- ME168
- Cadw record number
- 1496
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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 a complex, well-preserved and impressively complete nucleated settlement of multiple hut circles, which probably dates from the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c.800 BC - AD 400). The site comprises five round huts, some of which have internal features, and a central yard grouped within a small enclosure which is in turn set inside an irregularly-shaped rectilinear earthwork and stone outer enclosure. The settlement has an elaborated entrance displaying antennae-like banks. The importance of the site is enhanced by the presence of a series of narrow cultivation ridges to the north of the settlement which demonstrate the continued use of the site for arable farming into later, probably medieval periods.
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
- Hut Circle and Field System at CraiglaseithinUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Yr Ysgwrn Farmhouse, stable and cartshedDomesticunder 1 mi
- Milestone by Bryn LlefrithTransport1 mi
- Hayban and cowhouse at Berth-dduAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.