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Hut Circle Settlement North of Cwm Dyli Power Station is a prehistoric unenclosed settlement comprising one or more hut circles, situated in the upland landscape of Wales. The monument lies on bedrock of Ordovician felsic tuff, ancient volcanic stone formed during the Ordovician period over 440 million years ago. This geological foundation has shaped both the settlement's location and the natural resources available to its inhabitants.
Unenclosed hut circles of this type typically date to the Bronze Age or Iron Age and represent the domestic architecture of early Welsh communities. The absence of surrounding earthworks distinguishes this settlement from more formally enclosed settlements, suggesting a different settlement pattern or social organization. The upland location reflects the prehistoric exploitation of higher-altitude terrain, where suitable land and natural resources supported pastoral and agricultural communities.
The site is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage monument service, under the reference CN289, recognizing its significance as evidence of early settlement and land use in Wales. The preservation of such monuments contributes to understanding how prehistoric populations adapted to and utilized the Welsh uplands, and how settlement patterns evolved across successive periods of prehistory.
Hut Circle Settlement North of Cwm Dyli Power Station is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN289. View the official record →
Hut Circle Settlement North of Cwm Dyli Power Station is a prehistoric unenclosed settlement comprising one or more hut circles, situated in the upland landscape of Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN289.
Hut Circle Settlement North of Cwm Dyli Power Station 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 North of Cwm Dyli Power Station 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 CN289.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut Circle Settlement in Cwm Gelli Iago (North) (6.6 km), Dinas Emrys Camp (6.7 km), Hut Circle Settlement in Cwm Gelli Iago (West) (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Circle Settlement North of Cwm Dyli Power Station'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 North of Cwm Dyli Power Station stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.