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Mynydd Egryn Settlement is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle situated on the lower Cambrian bedrock of Wales, where sandstone and conglomerate beds provide uneven but workable ground. The monument is protected by Cadw under reference ME157. Such settlements were typical of upland occupation in the Bronze Age and Iron Age, offering defensive advantages and access to grazing land across moorland terrain.
The site's location on Lower Cambrian geology, formed during the Early Cambrian period over 500 million years ago, means the underlying stone would have been exposed or shallow in many places. Inhabitants would have worked with the local rock outcrops when constructing the settlement's defining circular enclosure and associated hut structures. The interbedded nature of the sandstone and conglomerate would have provided both building material and drainage challenges on the sloping ground.
Enclosed hut circles like this represent domestic settlement patterns in which a central defended space housed communal or family activity. The visible archaeological remains at Mynydd Egryn preserve evidence of prehistoric land use and structural traditions that persisted across many centuries of occupation, making it a significant record of upland settlement in pre-Roman Wales.
Mynydd Egryn Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME157. View the official record →
Mynydd Egryn Settlement is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle situated on the lower Cambrian bedrock of Wales, where sandstone and conglomerate beds provide uneven but workable ground. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME157.
Mynydd Egryn Settlement dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosed hut circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mynydd Egryn Settlement 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 ME157.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cyfannedd-Fach Homestead (7.7 km), Bron-Llety-Ifan cairns and cup-marked rock (7.9 km), Fairbourne Anti-invasion Defences (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Mynydd Egryn Settlement'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.
Mynydd Egryn Settlement stands on Lower Cambrian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Cambrian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.