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Tyddyn Du Enclosed Settlement is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle situated on Lower Cambrian bedrock in Wales. The underlying sandstone and conglomerate geology of the Early Cambrian period would have provided practical stone sources for construction, shaping settlement patterns across this upland landscape. The monument consists of a circular or sub-circular habitation structure surrounded by an enclosing bank or ditch, a characteristic settlement form dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age in Wales.
The settlement's position exploits the local topography and stone-rich substrate typical of Early Cambrian terrain. Such enclosed hut circles represent domestic and defensive organisation during prehistory, with the outer earthwork providing both boundary definition and potential protection for the occupying community and their livestock.
The site is protected under Cadw's heritage register as monument ME120, reflecting its significance as evidence of prehistoric occupation and social organisation in Wales. Tyddyn Du contributes to understanding settlement patterns and land use during the later prehistoric period in this region, where similar enclosed structures are distributed across the upland zones.
Tyddyn Du Enclosed Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME120. View the official record →
Tyddyn Du Enclosed Settlement is a prehistoric enclosed hut circle situated on Lower Cambrian bedrock in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME120.
Tyddyn Du Enclosed 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.
Tyddyn Du Enclosed 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 ME120.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen y Dinas Cairn (8.8 km), Enclosed Hut Circle North of Tyddyn Mawr (9.1 km), Pen y Ddinas Camp (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Tyddyn Du Enclosed 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.
Tyddyn Du Enclosed Settlement stands on Lower Cambrian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Cambrian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.