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Hut Circle Settlement at Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference ME167. The settlement lies on bedrock of Ordovician felsic tuff, a volcanic stone formed during the Ordovician period some 485 to 444 million years ago. This hard, fine-grained rock would have provided a stable foundation for Bronze Age or Iron Age occupation, though the specific dating of this settlement remains uncertain.
Unenclosed hut circles of this type typically represent domestic structures from the later Bronze Age or Iron Age, consisting of shallow circular depressions marking the floors of roundhouses. At Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel, the settlement shows no evidence of surrounding defensive ramparts or palisades, suggesting a community without formal fortification. Such open settlements were common in areas where pastoral farming predominated over arable agriculture.
The monument's survival on the Ordovician volcanic landscape reflects the enduring nature of settlements built upon such resistant bedrock. The felsic tuff foundation would have influenced both the construction methods available to prehistoric inhabitants and the longevity of archaeological remains. The site preserves evidence of early Welsh settlement patterns and land use during the later prehistoric period.
Hut Circle Settlement at Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME167. View the official record →
Hut Circle Settlement at Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference ME167.
Hut Circle Settlement at Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a unenclosed hut circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hut Circle Settlement at Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel 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 ME167.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Waen Fach Standing Stone (5.7 km), Crop marks (revealed by Aerial photography) SE of Pen-y-Sarn, Bryn-Crug (6.1 km), Water Powered Chain Incline at Bryneglwys Slate Quarry (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Circle Settlement at Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel'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 at Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.