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Hut Circle Settlement and Cairn Field West of Llyn Eiddew Bach is a prehistoric hut circle settlement protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument. Located in Wales, the site consists of the remains of ancient dwellings arranged across the landscape alongside a cairn field, evidence of Bronze Age or Iron Age occupation. The settlement's position west of Llyn Eiddew Bach places it within a context of upland settlement patterns typical of prehistoric communities in Welsh hill country.
The underlying bedrock comprises Middle Cambrian mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, geology that would have influenced both the settlement's location and the construction methods employed by its inhabitants. These fine-grained sedimentary rocks, formed in the Cambrian period over 500 million years ago, provided the immediate material environment in which the settlement developed.
The hut circles and associated cairn field represent the material legacy of communities who exploited upland resources, likely combining pastoral activity with cultivation. The cairns scattered across the site may mark field boundaries, burial sites or clearance heaps resulting from prehistoric land use. This monument is protected under Cadw reference ME141, preserving evidence of settlement patterns and land use practices in prehistoric Wales.
Hut Circle Settlement and Cairn Field West of Llyn Eiddew Bach is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME141. View the official record →
Hut Circle Settlement and Cairn Field West of Llyn Eiddew Bach is a prehistoric hut circle settlement protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME141.
Hut Circle Settlement and Cairn Field West of Llyn Eiddew Bach dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hut circle settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hut Circle Settlement and Cairn Field West of Llyn Eiddew Bach 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 ME141.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut Circle South of Tyddyn-Du (6.6 km), Brwyn-Llynau Enclosed Settlement (7.1 km), Hut Circle Settlement East of Caer-Cynog (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Circle Settlement and Cairn Field West of Llyn Eiddew Bach'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.
Hut Circle Settlement and Cairn Field West of Llyn Eiddew Bach stands on Middle Cambrian, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.