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Enclosed Hut Group South of Penbodlas is a prehistoric settlement comprising multiple hut circles enclosed within a defensive or managed boundary. The site lies on bedrock formed during the Silurian period, a felsic igneous intrusion of Ordovician to Silurian age that would have weathered to provide the stone resources available to its inhabitants.
Hut circle settlements of this type represent domestic occupation, typically dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age, when small communities established semi-permanent or permanent homesteads across upland and lowland Wales. The enclosed arrangement suggests a planned settlement or indicates that the huts were grouped for social, defensive or pastoral management purposes. The felsic bedrock underlying the site would have provided durable stone for construction and boundaries.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under reference CN276, recognising its importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and land use in Wales. The physical remains preserve information about the layout, scale and organisation of early domestic life in this landscape, making it a valuable archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric Welsh communities.
Enclosed Hut Group South of Penbodlas is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN276. View the official record →
Enclosed Hut Group South of Penbodlas is a prehistoric settlement comprising multiple hut circles enclosed within a defensive or managed boundary. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN276.
Enclosed Hut Group South of Penbodlas dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosed hut circle settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Enclosed Hut Group South of Penbodlas 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 CN276.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut Circle at Cae-Cerig-Isaf (3.6 km), Nant Castell Camp (4 km), Pen-y-Gaer (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Enclosed Hut Group South of Penbodlas'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 South of Penbodlas stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.