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Enclosed Hut Group North-East of Llystyn Uchaf is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle settlement located in Wales. The site consists of one or more domestic structures surrounded by a protective enclosure, typical of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement patterns in upland areas of Wales and the wider British Isles. Such enclosed hut groups served as family homesteads, with the boundary banks providing shelter from harsh weather and security for livestock and inhabitants.
The monument sits upon Ordovician extrusive rocks, specifically felsic tuff deposited during the Ordovician period over 440 million years ago. This ancient volcanic bedrock underlies much of the Welsh uplands and would have presented significant challenges to prehistoric inhabitants seeking level ground and usable soil for settlement and agriculture. The exposed rocky terrain surrounding the site is characteristic of the upland landscape that early communities adapted to during the metal-working periods.
The site is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments Service, under the reference CN281. This designation recognises the archaeological importance of the enclosed hut group as evidence of prehistoric land use, settlement patterns and domestic organisation in Wales. The monument contributes to understanding how early farming communities established themselves in challenging upland environments and structured their settlements for mutual protection and resource management.
Enclosed Hut Group North-East of Llystyn Uchaf is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN281. View the official record →
Enclosed Hut Group North-East of Llystyn Uchaf is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle settlement located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN281.
Enclosed Hut Group North-East of Llystyn Uchaf 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 Group North-East of Llystyn Uchaf 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 CN281.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ystum-Cegid Burial Chamber (3.4 km), Cefn-Isaf Burial Chamber (3.6 km), Standing Stone N of Bettws Fawr (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Enclosed Hut Group North-East of Llystyn Uchaf'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 Group North-East of Llystyn Uchaf stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.