<< Our Photo Pages >> Coed Aber Roundhouse - Ancient Village or Settlement in Wales in Gwynedd
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Multi-periodSite Name: Coed Aber Roundhouse Alternative Name: Aber Falls Hut CircleCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Abergwyngregyn
Map Ref: SH6674570381
Latitude: 53.213731N Longitude: 3.99699W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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It is located right alongside the path to the wonderful Rhaeadr Fawr waterfall from the village of Abergwyngregyn, just minutes from the A55. There was no information sign at the location when we happened to be passing (suspect it had been blown away!), but the location looked interesting enough for me to take some photos for later follow-up.
I was later able to confirm from COFLEIN and CCW material that the site was excavated in 2009, and COFLEIN records it as: 'Site of Iron Age hut circle, excavated during Coedydd Aber project by John Roberts and Bob Johnston. Found on excavation to have been built around a pre-existing Bronze Age standing stone, and then later re-used (possibly in the medieval period) as the site of a corn-drying kiln.'
Access is very good - the path alongside it is one of Gwynedd's full access walks, suitable for wheelchair use all the way to the waterfall - although their literature does acknowledge that powered wheelchairs are probably better in view of the distance and some gradients.
COFLEIN NPRN409777
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