ME169

Hut Circle and Field System at Craiglaseithin  

06/01/1998  

Designated  

Gwynedd  

Trawsfynydd  

273196  

333755  

Domestic  

Unenclosed hut circle  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument. The monument comprises the well preserved remains of an isolated hut circle with a least four associated fields/paddocks, all probably dating to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c.800 BC - AD 400). The associated fields/paddocks extend over an unusually large area. Also present is a small rectangular hut probably of early medieval date, suggesting long continuity or re-use of the site. The settlement is located next to a bog or former lake. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric domestic construction practices. The monument retains significant archaeological potential and there is a strong probability that structural evidence has survived, together with internal and external floor surfaces. Its location next to a bog or former lake could provide associated environmental evidence and possibly organic remains. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.