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Garreg Las Hut Group is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument under reference CM204. The site sits upon Dinantian bedrock comprising limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks, formed during the Mississippian period. This underlying geology of mixed sedimentary stone would have offered both building materials and challenges to its prehistoric inhabitants, who selected this location despite the irregular terrain.
The hut group represents a form of domestic settlement common to upland Wales during the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. Enclosed hut circles typically comprise one or more roughly circular stone-built structures, often surrounded by boundary walls or banks that define the domestic space. The enclosure would have provided shelter and protection for a small family group or extended household.
The monument survives today as earthwork remains, preserving evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and construction techniques adapted to the Welsh uplands. The Dinantian limestone bedrock visible across the surrounding landscape would have shaped both the settlement's character and the daily lives of its occupants, providing stone for building, clearance and cultivation of the land.
Garreg Las Hut Group is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM204. View the official record →
Garreg Las Hut Group is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument under reference CM204.
Garreg Las Hut Group 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.
Garreg Las Hut Group 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 CM204.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Banc Crucorford round cairn (1.8 km), Group of Burnt Mounds 300m SSW of Cilcoll Farm (5.1 km), Bodyst-uchaf ring cairn (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Garreg Las Hut Group'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.
Garreg Las Hut Group stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.