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Enclosure & Settlement 400m East of Cyfannedd Fawr is a medieval hut circle settlement situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument. The site lies upon bedrock composed of Llanvirn Rocks, undifferentiated strata of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Whiterock epoch. These weathered sedimentary foundations provided the subsoil from which medieval inhabitants would have extracted material for construction and worked the surrounding landscape.
The settlement comprises hut circles typical of Welsh medieval domestic occupation, representing domestic and pastoral activity during the Middle Ages. Such settlements were common across upland and marginal Welsh territories, where communities organised themselves around small clusters of circular or oval structures serving as dwellings and associated storage or working spaces. The grouping suggests a family or extended kinship unit managing pastoral resources across the surrounding terrain.
The monument's protected status reflects its importance as evidence of medieval Welsh settlement patterns and land use. Hut circle settlements of this period illuminate how communities adapted to local topography and geology, and how domestic spaces were organised within the broader agricultural economy of medieval Wales.
Enclosure & Settlement 400m East of Cyfannedd Fawr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME086. View the official record →
Enclosure & Settlement 400m East of Cyfannedd Fawr is a medieval hut circle settlement situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME086.
Enclosure & Settlement 400m East of Cyfannedd Fawr dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a hut circle settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Enclosure & Settlement 400m East of Cyfannedd Fawr 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 ME086.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Allt Lwyd Cairn I (4.8 km), Allt Lwyd Bronze Age Ritual Complex (5 km), Craig yr Aderyn Hillfort (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Enclosure & Settlement 400m East of Cyfannedd Fawr'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.
Enclosure & Settlement 400m East of Cyfannedd Fawr stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.