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Ffridd Fedw Round Hut, Enclosure, Ancient Fields and Kerb Cairn is a prehistoric kerb cairn located in Wales. The monument sits upon bedrock of Middle Cambrian age, composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, which would have been available locally for construction. The kerb cairn represents a burial or ceremonial monument type common across prehistoric Britain and Ireland, built by stacking stone around a central chamber or deposit. The associated landscape features including the round hut, enclosure and ancient fields reveal a wider pattern of prehistoric land use and settlement at this location.
The cairn's survival to the present day, despite centuries of agricultural activity on the surrounding lands, suggests either deliberate preservation or location in marginal terrain unsuitable for intensive farming. The Middle Cambrian geology of the site, whilst not ideal for tool-making, would have provided adequate material for the cairn's construction. The complex of monuments at Ffridd Fedw demonstrates how prehistoric communities organised their use of the landscape, combining domestic occupation with ritual and burial practices.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, under reference ME111, ensuring its preservation for future archaeological study and public understanding of Wales's prehistoric heritage.
Ffridd Fedw Round Hut, Enclosure, Ancient Fields and Kerb Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME111. View the official record →
Ffridd Fedw Round Hut, Enclosure, Ancient Fields and Kerb Cairn is a prehistoric kerb cairn located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME111.
Ffridd Fedw Round Hut, Enclosure, Ancient Fields and Kerb Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a kerb cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ffridd Fedw Round Hut, Enclosure, Ancient Fields and Kerb Cairn 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 ME111.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut Circle Settlement East of Caer-Cynog (5.6 km), Hut Circle West of Pen-y-Bryn (6.7 km), Llanbedr Standing Stones (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ffridd Fedw Round Hut, Enclosure, Ancient Fields and Kerb Cairn'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.
Ffridd Fedw Round Hut, Enclosure, Ancient Fields and Kerb Cairn stands on Middle Cambrian, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.