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Hut Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, North is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle settlement situated on the slopes of north Wales. The site occupies high ground underlain by Ordovician felsic tuff, an extrusive volcanic rock formed during the Ordovician period over 450 million years ago. This geology has shaped both the landscape and the building materials available to its ancient inhabitants.
The settlement comprises a cluster of circular dwellings, characteristic of Bronze Age and Iron Age communities in upland Wales. The hut circles remain defined by their stone foundations and associated enclosing walls, which would have supported timber-framed structures with thatched roofs. The elevated location provided inhabitants with natural defences and access to upland grazing and resources.
The site is protected under Cadw's heritage register as monument CN294, recognising its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns in the Welsh uplands. Such hut circle settlements provide crucial information about domestic life, social organisation and land use during the later prehistory of Britain, when upland areas supported permanent or semi-permanent communities engaged in pastoralism and mixed farming.
Hut Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, North is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN294. View the official record →
Hut Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, North is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle settlement situated on the slopes of north Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN294.
Hut Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, North dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosed hut circle settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hut Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, North 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 CN294.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craig-y-Tyddyn Camp (5.3 km), Ystum-Cegid Burial Chamber (6.7 km), Cefn-Isaf Burial Chamber (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, North'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 Settlement at Mynydd Graig Goch, North stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.