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Bancian Duon Hut Circle Settlement is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference ME197. The settlement represents the remains of an ancient residential community, with structures built directly upon the landscape without defensive enclosures. Unenclosed hut circles of this type typically date to the Bronze Age or Iron Age, reflecting a pastoral way of life organised around family groups and seasonal movement across upland terrain.
The monument sits upon bedrock composed of Ordovician felsic tuff, an extrusive volcanic rock formed during the Ordovician period over 440 million years ago. This ancient geological foundation has shaped the site's character, creating the steep and exposed upland terrain that would have been familiar to its prehistoric inhabitants. The weathered volcanic bedrock influences drainage patterns and vegetation across the landscape today, much as it did in antiquity.
The deserted rural settlement visible at Bancian Duon represents the archaeological traces of domestic occupation and the agricultural practices of prehistoric Wales. Such settlements provide evidence of how Iron Age and Bronze Age communities adapted to marginal upland environments, establishing patterns of settlement and land use that would influence human geography in Wales for centuries to come.
Bancian Duon Hut Circle Settlement and Deserted Rural Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME197. View the official record →
Bancian Duon Hut Circle Settlement is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference ME197.
Bancian Duon Hut Circle Settlement and Deserted Rural Settlement dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a unenclosed hut circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bancian Duon Hut Circle Settlement and Deserted Rural Settlement is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is ME197.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 300m SE of Bryn Cau (0.3 km), Cairn 200m SE of Foel Ystrodur Fawr (1.1 km), Llechwedd Erwent Hut Circle Settlement (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bancian Duon Hut Circle Settlement and Deserted Rural Settlement's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bancian Duon Hut Circle Settlement and Deserted Rural Settlement stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.