Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hut Circle South of Cyfannedd Fawr
Arthog, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Arthog, Gwynedd, recorded as Unenclosed hut circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Unenclosed hut circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 27 April 1998
- Community
- Arthog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.68653, -4.02325
- SAM number
- ME177
- Cadw record number
- 1528
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 · 149 Barmouth (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 superimposed foundations of two non-contemporary hut circles that probably date to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c.800 BC - AD 400) and a later cairn containing a stone cist. Excavations have shown this to be a well-preserved, complete and complex site of considerable archaeological interest. The site demonstrates a complicated constructional history indicative of long term use and continuity of occupation.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric domestic construction practices. The monument retains significant archaeological potential and there is a strong probability that structural evidence has survived, together with internal and external floor surfaces. The significance of the site is further enhanced by the presence of the other, less well understood settlement sites 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
- Hut Group 530m SSE of Cyfannedd FawrHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Bedd-y-Brenin Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Round Hut and Cairns on NW Slope of Braich DduRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Enclosure & Settlement 400m East of Cyfannedd FawrHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.