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<< Our Photo Pages >> Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures - Ancient Village or Settlement in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by TAlanJones on Monday, 16 November 2020  Page Views: 513

Multi-periodSite Name: Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.567 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Trawsfynydd  Nearest Village: Gellilydan
Map Ref: SH675391
Latitude: 52.932901N  Longitude: 3.972799W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures
Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures submitted by TAlanJones : Cluster of possible hut circles within the larger enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Gwynedd
Situated on a rocky outcrop above Gellilydan. The site can be reached by following the narrow road that links Gellilydan to Maentwrog. The site is on farm land and permission to visit should be sought from the nearby farm. I am informed that the settlement has been damaged by quarrying and stone clearances. This makes interpretation difficult. Disused land boundaries are evident and the bracken growth isn't helpful.

However, although identification of the remains is complicated there is enough evidence to determine that this was a settlement that probably dates back to the Iron Age/Romano British period but with later multi period use.

There are possible remains of several hut circles contained within at least two enclosures. The enclosures have incorporated the natural rise of the outcrop, and there are raised banks of stone and earth to a height of 3m suggestive of a defensive settlement.
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Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures
Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures submitted by TAlanJones : View to the north across the large enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures
Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures submitted by TAlanJones : Possible round enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures
Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures submitted by TAlanJones : Outer edge of a large hut circle or small enclosure? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures
Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures submitted by TAlanJones : Raised footings of a hut circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures
Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures submitted by TAlanJones : Two small huts within a small enclosure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures
Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures submitted by TAlanJones : Raised banks of the smaller enclosure.

Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures
Uwchlawr Coed Hut Circle Enclosures submitted by TAlanJones : Projecting raised banks of the larger enclosure. This may have been an entrance.

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