Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
ME178
Name
Unenclosed Hut Circle Settlement at Bryn Derw
Date of Designation
27/07/1998
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanfrothen
Easting
262257
Northing
342800
Broad Class
Domestic
Site Type
Hut Circle Settlement
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises a small unenclosed hut circle settlement of the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). The site consists of four well-preserved and possibly contemporary hut circles, which are the foundations of round houses. The remains of the huts are all similar, stony banks spread to c.2.5m wide and surviving up to 0.6m high, they measure between 5m and 7m in diameter overall.
The site lies on a natural SE-facing shelf, close to a small stream, below a narrow ridge at the S side of Cwm Croesor. The huts lie close together along the contour and a track runs along the valley and between the huts.
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, including surviving internal and external floor levels.
The scheduled areas comprise the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.