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Hut Circle Settlement in Cwm Gelli Iago (South) is a prehistoric unenclosed settlement comprising one or more hut circles situated in a cwm valley in Wales. The site lies upon bedrock of Caradoc Rocks, an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Caradocian period. This geology would have provided locally available stone for construction, though the precise building materials and techniques employed remain unexcavated.
The settlement represents the domestic practices of prehistoric communities, likely dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age period. Unenclosed hut circles of this type typically indicate small, dispersed pastoral or mixed farming communities with minimal formal settlement boundaries. The location within the cwm valley would have offered shelter from exposed upland conditions whilst remaining accessible to the surrounding agricultural landscape.
The site is protected under Cadw as a scheduled monument with reference CN254, reflecting its significance as evidence for prehistoric settlement patterns and domestic life in Wales. The hut circles survive as earthwork features, preserving information about the scale, arrangement and duration of occupation at this location. Archaeological investigation would be required to determine the date range and character of activity at the settlement.
Hut Circle Settlement in Cwm Gelli Iago (South) is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN254. View the official record →
Hut Circle Settlement in Cwm Gelli Iago (South) is a prehistoric unenclosed settlement comprising one or more hut circles situated in a cwm valley in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN254.
Hut Circle Settlement in Cwm Gelli Iago (South) 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 in Cwm Gelli Iago (South) 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 CN254.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Unenclosed Hut Circle Settlement East of Garth-y-Foel (3.3 km), Pont Maesgwm Deserted Rural Settlement (3.3 km), Wrysgan Quarry (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Circle Settlement in Cwm Gelli Iago (South)'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 in Cwm Gelli Iago (South) stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.