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Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle situated in Wales. The settlement lies above bedrock composed of the Pennine and South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation, a geological sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Moscovian period, interspersed with coal seams and ironstone. This mineral-rich substrate would have influenced both the landscape's appearance and the resources available to its prehistoric inhabitants. The site's designation as an unenclosed hut circle indicates a domestic structure without defensive earthworks, typical of Bronze Age settlement patterns in upland Wales. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments organisation, under the reference number GM401, ensuring its preservation as an important record of prehistoric settlement and land use.
Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM401. View the official record →
Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle situated in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM401.
Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen 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 Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen 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 GM401.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhos-Gwawr cairn cemetery (5.2 km), Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman (6 km), Castell Nos (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen'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 & Enclosures on Buarth Maen stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.