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Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference ME159. The structure exemplifies the domestic settlement patterns of communities occupying the Welsh uplands during the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods, when such enclosed homesteads provided both shelter and defended space for individual families or small groups.
The monument sits upon Eocene to Miocene bedrock, a foundation of clay, silt, sand and gravel deposits that would have influenced both its construction and the agricultural potential of the surrounding landscape. This geology shaped the availability of materials for building and the drainage characteristics of the immediate locality, factors that prehistoric builders would have considered when selecting their settlement location.
The enclosed hut circle represents a distinctive settlement form in which a circular or sub-circular dwelling was surrounded by a protective boundary, typically a stone wall or earth bank. Such enclosures served multiple purposes: defending livestock from predators, controlling movement of animals, and perhaps signalling social status or territorial claims. The survival of this monument provides valuable evidence for understanding prehistoric settlement hierarchies, domestic life, and land use practices in the Welsh uplands.
Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME159. View the official record →
Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference ME159.
Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosed hut circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr 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 ME159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fairbourne Anti-invasion Defences (8.6 km), Cyfannedd-Fach Homestead (8.9 km), Bron-Llety-Ifan cairns and cup-marked rock (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr'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.
Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr stands on Eocene To Miocene Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Miocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.