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Hut Circle Settlement below Foel Isaf, Bugeilyn is a prehistoric domestic settlement comprising multiple hut circles located in the upland landscape of Wales. The site represents occupation during the Bronze Age or Iron Age periods, when such circular domestic structures formed the basic residential units of contemporary communities. The hut circles survive as earthwork features, their form and distribution across the landscape providing evidence of settlement patterns and domestic organisation in prehistoric Wales. The site's upland location reflects the prehistoric exploitation of marginal agricultural land and the pastoral economy characteristic of later prehistory in Britain.
Hut Circle Settlement below Foel Isaf, Bugeilyn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG255. View the official record →
Hut Circle Settlement below Foel Isaf, Bugeilyn is a prehistoric domestic settlement comprising multiple hut circles located in the upland landscape of Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG255.
Hut Circle Settlement below Foel Isaf, Bugeilyn 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 below Foel Isaf, Bugeilyn 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 MG255.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn on Pen Lluest-y-Carn (4.6 km), Southernmost Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr (4.7 km), Round Barrow 290m SSW of Nant-y-Moch (6.3 km).
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