Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
CN240
Name
Huts and Enclosures, Cwm Llefrith
Date of Designation
26/03/1997
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dolbenmaen
Easting
254996
Northing
346843
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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises five hut circles, the foundations of round houses probably dating to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400). Three huts lie within an unusually regular sub rectangular field enclosure which may be contemporary, while the other two huts are essentially unenclosed.
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. The huts outside the enclosure are particularly well preserved. The association of the settlement with early field boundaries gives the site a special importance and, since the monument forms part of a wider ancient landscape which includes a range of broadly contemporary features, it has considerable group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.