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Bodafon Mountain Hut Groups is a Roman unenclosed hut circle settlement situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Upper Cambrian metasedimentary rock of Tremadocian age. The site exploits naturally weathered stone available from the local geology, a practical choice for construction in this upland terrain. The huts represent a form of settlement typical of the Roman period in Wales, where communities continued traditional building practices despite the presence of the Roman state.
The unenclosed nature of the hut groups suggests a settlement organised without defensive fortifications, which may reflect either peaceful conditions or the limited military threat perceived by its inhabitants. The scattered arrangement of individual huts rather than nucleated structures is characteristic of dispersed rural settlement patterns found across Roman Wales, particularly in upland zones where agriculture and pastoralism formed the economic base.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage body, under reference AN040. Its survival on Bodafon Mountain provides archaeological evidence of Romano-British settlement strategies adapted to Welsh upland landscapes, demonstrating how local populations modified their settlement patterns whilst maintaining architectural traditions rooted in pre-Roman Iron Age practices.
Bodafon Mountain Hut Groups is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference AN040. View the official record →
Bodafon Mountain Hut Groups is a Roman unenclosed hut circle settlement situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Upper Cambrian metasedimentary rock of Tremadocian age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference AN040.
Bodafon Mountain Hut Groups dates from the roman period, and is classified as a unenclosed hut circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bodafon Mountain Hut Groups 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 AN040.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bodafon Mountain Early Medieval Homestead (0.3 km), Maen Addwyn (1.9 km), Parciau Hillfort (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bodafon Mountain Hut Groups'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.
Bodafon Mountain Hut Groups stands on Upper Cambrian, Including Tremadoc, bedrock that formed in the Tremadocian. The rock here is metasedimentary rock.