ME171

Hut Circle Settlement at Crawcwellt South  

22/07/1998  

Designated  

Gwynedd  

Trawsfynydd  

270044  

329473  

Domestic  

Hut Circle Settlement  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument. The monument consists of a dispersed hut circle settlement, probably dating to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). The settlement comprises a number of hut circles, the foundations of round houses, set within the remnants of an early field system. The huts vary in size and, though obscured by peat formation, are generally well-preserved. Clearance cairns are also present and there is a possibility that some of the cairns may have had a funerary use. The site also has wider significance as part of a large prehistoric landscape which includes another settlement at Crawcwellt North, 1.5km to the north-west, where excavations have produced evidence for iron working. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric domestic life and social organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of structural evidence and associated archaeological features and deposits. The archaeological potential of the site is further enhanced by the features being preserved in peat which usually provides good conditions for preservation of organic material. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.