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Early Habitation Site 180m West of Pen-Yr-Allt is a prehistoric concentric enclosed hut circle situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN088. The monument represents a form of domestic settlement typical of later prehistory in Britain, characterised by circular or oval structures defined by one or more concentric ditches and banks. This particular example demonstrates the settlement pattern adopted by communities seeking defensible, clearly demarcated domestic spaces on the Welsh uplands.
The site is built upon Neoproterozoic felsic tuff bedrock, an ancient volcanic rock formed hundreds of millions of years before human occupation. This underlying geology of unnamed extrusive rocks would have influenced both the landscape's appearance to its prehistoric inhabitants and the practical challenges of constructing and maintaining the hut circle's earthworks. The shallow volcanic substrate exposed around the monument would have been familiar to the communities who worked this land.
Concentric hut circles of this type are found extensively across Wales and the wider upland zones of Britain, typically dating to the Bronze Age through Iron Age periods. The enclosed design served both practical and social purposes, marking individual household territories and potentially offering some defensive advantage. This monument remains an important record of prehistoric settlement organisation and land use in the Welsh landscape.
Early Habitation Site 180m West of Pen-Yr-Allt is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN088. View the official record →
Early Habitation Site 180m West of Pen-Yr-Allt is a prehistoric concentric enclosed hut circle situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN088.
Early Habitation Site 180m West of Pen-Yr-Allt dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a concentric enclosed hut circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Early Habitation Site 180m West of Pen-Yr-Allt 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 CN088.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llystyn Gwyn Inscribed Stone (8.4 km), Long Hut North of Cwm Farm (9.1 km), Enclosed Hut Group North West of Cwm Farm (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Early Habitation Site 180m West of Pen-Yr-Allt'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.
Early Habitation Site 180m West of Pen-Yr-Allt stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is felsic tuff.