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<< Our Photo Pages >> Mynydd Egryn Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by pab on Sunday, 22 June 2008  Page Views: 5084

Multi-periodSite Name: Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.8 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Harlech  Nearest Village: Dyffryn Ardudwy
Map Ref: SH61632030
Latitude: 52.762528N  Longitude: 4.05209W
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.
 3 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.
 2 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
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Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Mynydd Egryn Settlement submitted by pab : Mynydd Egryn (Mount Egryn). Midway between the 2 tombs of Carneddau Hengwm and the crown-effect cairn circle of Hengwm on the slopes of Mynydd Egryn. A series of circles seem to have been recently excavated. This picture looks over the circle towards NE (the top of Moelfre bearing 11' if that helps locate it) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Adjacent to the Hengwm Ring Cairn when we visited in June 2008, there seemed to be a number of circular structures, including an apparent circular outline at least 30m across.

The features were clear enough on the ground for us to note the GPS readings to help us find out more - having now had a chance to look on COFLEIN, there are clearly the remains of the 'unenclosed hut circle settlement.

The COFLEIN entry also includes an aerial picture of the excavations in 2005, as well as a general aerial photo on which the Hengwm Circle Cairn is also visible.

There certainly seems to be much in the area worth further investigation, and presumably the 2005 excavations will have been written up - so more research beckons! I have also found some items written by the Gwynedd Archaeology Society about this general area, which I will try and sift through to see if it throws any more light... There seem to have been later excavations of the circles just visible at the top right-hand corner of COFLEIN's aerial photo - there were a number of disturbed circles there, and I will post some pictures shortly.

COFLEIN entry: NPRN 55995: Mynydd Egryn Hut Circle Settlement
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Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Mynydd Egryn Settlement submitted by w650marion : Looking into the interior of the round hut which had a cobbled and paved floor. (Excavated 2002-4) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Mynydd Egryn Settlement submitted by w650marion : The grass has grown into the site since pab took the first photo in 2008. This tall grass makes it difficult to spot at first. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Mynydd Egryn Settlement submitted by w650marion : Round hut excavated as part of the Ardudwy Early Landscapes Project and partially reconstructed to show position and features. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Mynydd Egryn Settlement submitted by w650marion : The main Mynydd Egryn Settlement, this is the one right next to the ring cairn circle. it is described in the Scheduling as three small hut foundations and an associated small paddock. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Mynydd Egryn Settlement submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing, from "Archaeologia Cambrensis" via archive.org (2 comments)

Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Mynydd Egryn Settlement submitted by pab : Mynydd Egryn hut circle settlement. This picture, taken from SH 61472040, looks over the Pen-y-Dinas Hillfort towards the beginning of the Lleyn Peninsula. The elevated position of this settlement will have been readily accessible to both high ground and coastal plain, and it is in sight of so many wonderful places. And we saw no-one on the 6k+ circuit we did from A496 past here and Pen-y-Di... (3 comments)

Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Mynydd Egryn Settlement submitted by pab : Mynydd Egryn (Mt Egryn) hut circle settlement. There are signs of recent excavation of these hut circles - which are located on the elevated land between the coastal plain and the slopes of Mynydd Egryn. The are only a couple of minutes from the 2 tombs of Carneddau Hengwm and the Hengwm Ring Cairn.

Mynydd Egryn Settlement
Mynydd Egryn Settlement submitted by pab : Mynydd Egryn hut circle settlement. To the right (east) of the crown-effect Hengwm Cairn circle, there are a number of hut circles visible on the ground. There also seems to be a 30m+ circular raised feature, which is also visible on the RCAHMW aerial photo linked to from the main site page.

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 36m WNW 302° Hengwm Ring Cairn* Ring Cairn (SH61602032)
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 1.1km SE 138° Mynydd Egryn Cairn* Cairn (SH62331949)
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 1.5km W 272° Settlement West of Mynydd Egryn* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH601204)
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 2.4km S 179° Ffridd Fechan Hill Fort* Hillfort (SH616179)
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Re: Mynydd Egryn by w650marion on Tuesday, 27 July 2021
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So if anyone is interested in finding these hut circles, they can be separated out.
The Mynydd Egryn Settlement close to (right next to) the Hengwm Ring Cairn is a Scheduled Monument and because of this it is unlikely to be excavated -
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/sam/FullReport?lang=en&id=907

The Coflein reference above describes it clearly.

But this is a very large field with other hidden hut circles and cairns, and one has been excavated for the Ardudwy Early Landscapes Project. It has been reconstructed to mark the position. This has it’s own Coflein entry with some notes on what was found -

https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/413033/

To see this one you have to walk 250 meters WNW downhill from the main settlement and search among the tufts of rush bog grasses as it is a very low structure, but quite lovely when you find it.

The Ardudwy Early Landscapes Project can be accessed here -

https://www.bangor.ac.uk/history-philosophy-and-social-sciences/research/history/archaeology/ardudwy/index.php.en#intro
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Re: Mynydd Egryn by rogerkread on Tuesday, 28 June 2011
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Visited this area last week and was struck by this site. The structure in the first two photos seemed to me far too 'neat and tidy', somehow, to be authentic, and it is not marked on the 1:25 000 map as an antiquity although there is enough room so to do. The 'kerbstones' do not appear to be sunk into the ground at all, which is odd (pab's photos show this). All rather strange, but what do I know. The 'true' Mynydd Egryn settlement is a couple of hundred yards further uphill, as shown in the 4th photo, right next to Hengwm Ring Cairn.
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