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Parc Gelli Hut Group and Ancient Fields is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement located in Wales. The monument sits upon Lower Cambrian sandstone and conglomerate bedrock, geology that has shaped both its preservation and the subsistence practices of its prehistoric inhabitants. Cadw protects the site under reference CN202.
The hut circle group represents domestic occupation during the prehistoric period, when scattered individual dwellings or small clusters of structures characterised rural settlement across upland Wales. Unenclosed hut circles of this type lack the defensive earthworks or field boundaries associated with later Iron Age settlements, indicating a period when defensive structures were not a priority. The sandy and conglomerate soils derived from the bedrock geology would have presented particular challenges for agriculture and settlement.
The ancient fields associated with the hut group demonstrate how prehistoric communities organised their landscape around domestic and pastoral activities. Traces of field divisions and cultivation terraces visible in the modern terrain reflect land use patterns that sustained Bronze Age and Iron Age communities in this region. The monument's survival depends on sensitive land management that preserves both the structural remains and the surrounding field archaeology that contextualises domestic life in prehistoric Wales.
Parc Gelli Hut Group and Ancient Fields is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN202. View the official record →
Parc Gelli Hut Group and Ancient Fields is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN202.
Parc Gelli Hut Group and Ancient Fields 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.
Parc Gelli Hut Group and Ancient Fields 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 CN202.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Vivian Slate Quarry, Inclines, Walia & associated structures (7.8 km), Dinorwic Quarry (7.9 km), Dinorwic Quarry Barracks and 'A' Incline (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Parc Gelli Hut Group and Ancient Fields'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.
Parc Gelli Hut Group and Ancient Fields stands on Lower Cambrian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Cambrian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.