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Pont Sarn-Las Hut Group is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle located in Wales. The site comprises the remains of ancient dwellings constructed without defensive enclosure, suggesting a settlement pattern focused on domestic activity rather than fortification. This type of settlement is characteristic of Bronze Age and Iron Age communities across upland Wales, where scattered homesteads and small family groups occupied the landscape.
The monument sits upon hornblende schist bedrock, a metamorphic rock formed during the Neoproterozoic period over 600 million years ago. This ancient geology has weathered to create the upland terrain where the hut circles were built, their stone foundations potentially utilising locally available stone from the surrounding landscape. The unenclosed nature of the settlement indicates a community unburdened by the need for fortified protection, perhaps reflecting periods of relative stability or social organisation based on kinship rather than defence.
The hut group is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage monuments service, under the reference AN087. This statutory protection recognises the archaeological significance of the site as evidence for prehistoric settlement patterns and domestic life in upland Wales. The remains continue to provide information about how ancient communities adapted their building practices and social organisation to the demands of the Welsh highland environment.
Pont Sarn-Las Hut Group is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference AN087. View the official record →
Pont Sarn-Las Hut Group is a prehistoric unenclosed hut circle located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference AN087.
Pont Sarn-Las Hut Group 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.
Pont Sarn-Las Hut Group 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 AN087.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caernarfon Town Walls (5.2 km), Castell Caernarfon (5.2 km), Bryn-Glas Roman Signal Station (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pont Sarn-Las Hut Group'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.
Pont Sarn-Las Hut Group stands on Unnamed Metamorphic Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is hornblende schist.