Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
ME165
Name
Hut Circle near Gerddi Bluog
Date of Designation
26/11/1997
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfair
Easting
262179
Northing
330572
Broad Class
Domestic
Site Type
Unenclosed hut circle
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a well preserved, large, substantially built round hut in an impressively complete form which lies on a slight shelf on the east-facing, rocky valley side of Afon Artro. The monument probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). The hut circle is a large and substantially built example of its kind, approximately 9 metres in diameter internally with walls approximately 1.5m wide and surviving up to a height of 0.75m.
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.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.