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Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed Hut is a prehistoric settlement site consisting of a single hut circle, located in Wales. The monument stands upon bedrock formed from Neoproterozoic felsic tuff, an extrusive volcanic rock deposited during the Neoproterozoic era. This particular geological setting would have offered limited agricultural potential, suggesting the inhabitants relied on pastoralism or other subsistence strategies suited to upland terrain.
The hut circle represents a form of domestic architecture common across Britain during the prehistoric period, when communities occupied individual or clustered dwellings without defensive enclosures. Unenclosed hut circles of this type typically date to the Bronze Age or Iron Age, though their precise chronology at this location remains uncertain without excavation records. The site's isolated position reflects patterns of dispersed settlement characteristic of prehistoric pastoral economies.
Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed Hut is protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, registered under reference CN206. The monument's survival on the Neoproterozoic volcanic bedrock preserves evidence of prehistoric land use patterns across this upland Welsh landscape, contributing to understanding of how prehistoric communities adapted to and exploited challenging terrain.
Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed Hut is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN206. View the official record →
Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed Hut is a prehistoric settlement site consisting of a single hut circle, located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN206.
Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed Hut 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.
Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed Hut 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 CN206.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craig Cwm Silyn round cairn (7.5 km), Garnedd-goch round cairn (7.8 km), Caerau Ancient Village (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed Hut'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.
Cae'r Odyn Unenclosed Hut stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is felsic tuff.