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Hut Circle South of Tyddyn-Du is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference ME161. The monument consists of a circular or sub-circular hollow in the ground marking the position of a dwelling from the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Such structures were built by digging partly into the ground and raising walls from stone or turf, creating a distinctive depression that survives as an archaeological feature long after the original building has decayed.
The hut circle sits upon Lower Cambrian bedrock comprising sandstone and conglomerate that are interbedded together. This geological foundation of Early Cambrian age would have presented particular challenges and opportunities to its prehistoric inhabitants; the stone could have been quarried for construction, whilst the underlying geology influenced drainage and soil conditions affecting settlement viability.
The monument's unenclosed status indicates it stood independently rather than within a larger settlement complex or defensive arrangement. Such isolated hut circles are characteristic of prehistoric pastoral communities that moved seasonally or maintained dispersed farmsteads across upland and moorland terrain. The site's survival as an earthwork depression provides evidence of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement patterns and land use in this part of Wales.
Hut Circle South of Tyddyn-Du is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME161. View the official record →
Hut Circle South of Tyddyn-Du is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference ME161.
Hut Circle South of Tyddyn-Du 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 South of Tyddyn-Du 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 ME161.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr (8.9 km), Ceunant Egryn Enclosed Settlement (9.1 km), Carneddau Hengwm Long Cairns (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Circle South of Tyddyn-Du'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 South of Tyddyn-Du stands on Lower Cambrian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Cambrian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.