CN256

Hut Group North-East of Carnguwch Fawr  

12/10/1998  

Designated  

Gwynedd  

Pistyll  

238016  

342816  

Domestic  

Hut group  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument. The monument comprises the remains of at least five circular huts standing on levelled terraces, three of which open onto a single courtyard. It probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). This nucleated settlement stands on the south-east facing slopes of Mynydd Carnguwch overlooking the upper reaches of the Afon Erch in an area of generally improved grazing. Three of the huts range in size from 3.5m to 7m diameter internally, their walls retain some internal and external facing and seem to have been of laid masonry. The other huts are suggested by levelled platforms terraced into the slope at the NW, the largest, at the S extent of the group, is oval in plan and measures approximately 10m N-S by 13m E-W. The monument has an impressive diversity of surviving structural features and 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 scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.