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Multi-periodSite Name: Maes Bleddyn Hut Circle SettlementCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.707 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bethesda Nearest Village: Rachub
Map Ref: SH6200768009
Latitude: 53.191213N Longitude: 4.066868W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Situated opposite a small housing estate within the village of Rachub the site is currently being excavated by the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust due to an application for the development of the site for more residential housing.
The site is considered to have two round houses, one partially under the other. A furnace has been uncovered at the centre of the earliest dwelling suggesting the possibility of metal smelting. They have also found evidence of a granary, and several post holes have been discovered some featuring packing stones.
Finds include black burnished Roman pottery, a small blue bead from the Romano British period and spindle whorls for spinning yarn.
This is an exciting site that's attracting a lot of local interest as the team slowly build up a picture of how the people may have lived 2000 years ago.
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