ME167

Hut Circle Settlement at Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel  

12/12/1997  

Designated  

Gwynedd  

Llanfihangel-y-Pennant  

263799  

308447  

Domestic  

Unenclosed hut circle  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument. The monument is a complex multi-period site demonstrating several phases of use. The principal archaeological elements are a hut circle settlement of the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400) comprising some eleven circular stone footed huts; a long hut settlement of three rectangular huts of the medieval or post-medieval period; and a field system, likely to be contemporary with one or both of the settlements. Craig Ty'n-y-Cornel presents an outstanding survival of numerous and diverse archaeological features encompassing periods from the prehistoric through the medieval / post-medieval to more recent years. This well preserved site clearly demonstrates the long term use of this summit top location for domestic settlement and varied forms of farming. 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 importance is enhanced by the variety of surviving structural elements, including annexes and internal divisions, the number of huts present and the close association of the huts with an early field system. The significance of the site is further enhanced by the presence of a second, later rectangular hut settlement showing continued use of the site. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.