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Hut Circles and Enclosure NW of Mount Pleasant is a prehistoric hut circle settlement located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN249. The site lies upon Llanvirn Rocks of the Whiterock age, a bedrock composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have weathered into the soils sustaining Bronze Age settlement. The combination of relatively stable geology and accessible stone made this landscape suitable for permanent habitation during prehistory.
The settlement comprises multiple hut circles arranged with an associated enclosure, representing a domestic community from the Bronze Age period. Such settlements typically housed extended family groups or small kinship networks, with individual roundhouses serving as dwellings constructed from timber frames and stone foundations. The enclosure would have provided livestock protection and delineated the community's territory within the wider landscape.
The mudstone and siltstone bedrock underlying Mount Pleasant's slopes would have provided workable stone for building foundations, whilst the sandstone layers offered harder material for tools and structural elements. This geological setting, combined with the settlement's position in the Welsh uplands, reflects Bronze Age peoples' adaptation to upland farming and pastoral economies. The site remains important evidence for understanding prehistoric domestic life and land use patterns in Wales.
Hut Circles and Enclosure NW of Mount Pleasant is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN249. View the official record →
Hut Circles and Enclosure NW of Mount Pleasant is a prehistoric hut circle settlement located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN249.
Hut Circles and Enclosure NW of Mount Pleasant 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 Circles and Enclosure NW of Mount Pleasant 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 CN249.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moel Gwynus Standing Stone (2.3 km), Hut Group North-East of Carnguwch Fawr (3.2 km), Standing Stone NW of Trallwyn (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Circles and Enclosure NW of Mount Pleasant'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 Circles and Enclosure NW of Mount Pleasant stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.