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Hut Settlement West of Allt Goch is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Ordovician extrusive rocks, specifically felsic tuff formed over 450 million years ago. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage authority, under reference CN291. This ancient felsic tuff provides a foundation of pale, fine-grained volcanic stone typical of the upland terrain where such settlements developed.
The hut circle represents domestic occupation during prehistory, when communities established unenclosed settlements across the Welsh landscape. The lack of defensive earthworks or substantial boundary features suggests a period of relative stability or a settlement pattern emphasizing accessibility rather than fortification. Inhabitants would have been familiar with the demanding geology beneath them, quarrying material for construction and adapting their dwellings to the natural contours of the volcanic bedrock.
The monument preserves evidence of daily life from an era before the construction of the major hill forts and enclosed settlements that characterize later Iron Age Wales. Its position west of Allt Goch situates it within the wider pattern of prehistoric settlement dispersal across upland regions where pastoral and subsistence activities would have sustained these communities.
Hut Settlement West of Allt Goch is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN291. View the official record →
Hut Settlement West of Allt Goch is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Ordovician extrusive rocks, specifically felsic tuff formed over 450 million years ago. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN291.
Hut Settlement West of Allt Goch 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 Settlement West of Allt Goch 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 CN291.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Vale of Conwy Lead Mine (4.3 km), Capel Curig cairn (4.4 km), Bryn-y-Gefeiliau Roman Site (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hut Settlement West of Allt Goch'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 West of Allt Goch stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.