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Castellor Hut Group is a prehistoric unenclosed settlement consisting of hut circles situated on Ordovician bedrock in Wales. The underlying mudstones, siltstones and sandstones were laid down during the Ordovician period over 400 million years ago, creating the geological foundation upon which Bronze Age communities later established their dwellings. These ancient rocks have weathered to create the landscape that would have drawn prehistoric settlers to this location.
The hut circles at Castellor represent a form of settlement typical of the later prehistoric period, when communities inhabited open, undefended sites rather than fortified enclosures. Individual house platforms are visible as circular depressions in the ground, marking where timber-framed or stone-built structures once stood. The arrangement of multiple huts suggests a small communal settlement rather than a single isolated homestead, indicating social organisation and sustained occupation.
Castellor Hut Group is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw, the Welsh heritage protection authority, with reference number AN088. This designation recognises the archaeological significance of the site as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and domestic life in Wales. The monument survives as an earthwork resource, preserving information about Bronze Age communities and their relationship with the local landscape.
Castellor Hut Group is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference AN088. View the official record →
Castellor Hut Group is a prehistoric unenclosed settlement consisting of hut circles situated on Ordovician bedrock in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference AN088.
Castellor Hut Group 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.
Castellor Hut Group 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 AN088.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tŷ Newydd Chambered Tomb (2.4 km), Bodfeddan Inscribed Stone (2.5 km), Felin Carnau Tide Mill (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Castellor Hut Group'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.
Castellor Hut Group stands on Ordovician Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.