CN205

Hafoty Ty-Newydd Enclosed Hut Group  

15/01/1986  

Designated  

Gwynedd  

Llanwnda  

249700  

357115  

Domestic  

Enclosed hut circle  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument. The monument comprises an enclosed hut group dating to the later prehistoric period. The remains of four circular huts c.5-6m in diameter lie within a roughly rectangular enclosure measuring c.40m E-W by c.25m N-S. The enclosing bank is grass-covered, surviving best on the N side, where it is c.1m high. There is also an entrance in the N side. Terraces (traces of former fields) are visible nearby. The enclosure has been obscured to some extent by stone dumping and the construction of a modern field wall on its W side, but it is well-preserved, and part of a group around Rhostryfan. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structures themselves may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.