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Hut Group & Enclosures 117m S of Moel Caws is a post-medieval and modern settlement situated on the slopes of the Ordovician felsic tuff that forms the bedrock of this mountainous Welsh terrain. The settlement comprises a series of huts and associated enclosures that reflect the pattern of rural occupation and pastoral land use typical of upland Wales during the later centuries. The buildings and field boundaries visible on the site demonstrate the adaptation of settlement form to steep, stony ground where stone from the underlying volcanic bedrock was readily available for construction and field division.
The monument is recorded as a dispersed settlement pattern rather than a nucleated village, characteristic of pastoral communities making use of upland grazing. The enclosures surrounding the huts suggest a mixed economy combining livestock management with limited arable cultivation on the more sheltered slopes. The layout and construction methods reflect the practical constraints of building on exposed upland terrain where suitable building stone was abundant.
The site is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Heritage Monuments service, which recognises its historical and archaeological significance as evidence of post-medieval rural settlement patterns in Wales. The preservation of the hut group and its surrounding field systems contributes to our understanding of how upland communities organised and sustained themselves during the later historical period.
Hut Group & Enclosures 117m S of Moel Caws is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME082. View the official record →
Hut Group & Enclosures 117m S of Moel Caws is a post-medieval and modern settlement situated on the slopes of the Ordovician felsic tuff that forms the bedrock of this mountainous Welsh terrain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME082.
Hut Group & Enclosures 117m S of Moel Caws dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hut Group & Enclosures 117m S of Moel Caws 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 ME082.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 225m S of Moel Caws (0.1 km), Castell Carn Dochan (3.2 km), Dolddeuli Standing Stone (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Group & Enclosures 117m S of Moel Caws'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 Group & Enclosures 117m S of Moel Caws stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.