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Glascoed Ancient Village is an Iron Age enclosed settlement comprising a cluster of hut circles positioned on Lower Cambrian bedrock in Wales. The site sits on sandstone and conglomerate geology typical of the Early Cambrian formations underlying this region, which would have provided ready sources of stone for construction and provided natural drainage on the sloping terrain.
The settlement is enclosed by banks or ditches that define the settlement boundary, a characteristic defensive or territorial feature of Iron Age communities in Wales. Within this enclosure, the hut circles represent the domestic structures of the inhabitants, their circular or oval foundations marking where roundhouses once stood. Such settlements served as the focal points of Iron Age agricultural life, accommodating extended family groups and their immediate livestock.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments authority, under reference number CN060, recognising its significance as evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns and land use in Wales. The combination of structural remains and enclosure system at Glascoed contributes to understanding of how Iron Age Welsh communities organised their domestic and economic space, and how they exploited the local geology and landscape resources available to them.
Glascoed Ancient Village is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN060. View the official record →
Glascoed Ancient Village is an Iron Age enclosed settlement comprising a cluster of hut circles positioned on Lower Cambrian bedrock in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN060.
Glascoed Ancient Village dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a enclosed hut circle settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Glascoed Ancient Village 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 CN060.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed Hut Circle West of Llwyn Bedw (6.7 km), Ystrad Rural Settlement (7.3 km), Hafod-y-Wern Long Hut (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Glascoed Ancient Village'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.
Glascoed Ancient Village stands on Lower Cambrian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Cambrian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.