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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in Wales in Conwy

Submitted by TAlanJones on Wednesday, 10 January 2024  Page Views: 103

Multi-periodSite Name: Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Conwy Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bethesda  Nearest Village: Capel curig
Map Ref: SH6982058413
Latitude: 53.106976N  Longitude: 3.946099W
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.
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
0no data
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Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement
Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement submitted by TAlanJones : Close up of the smaller hut circle with Gallt Yr Ogof towering in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Conwy

Situated on NW sloping ground within a high moorland that's nestled between the summits of Gallt Yr Ogof (763m) to the NW and Cefn y Capel (460m) to the SE the site is not the easiest to reach. The settlement site shares this location with a burial cairn, and a medieval long house a little further down the valley indicating multiple occupancy of what would today be considered a harsh environment.

The settlement consists of two probable hut circles within a few metres of each other. The largest presents as a raised platform that accommodated a 6m diameter hut circle. The second measures about 4m but looked more like a cairn at first glance. However, I've erred on the side of hut circle following some research on the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust website.

There is possible evidence of an enclosure associated with the nearby cairn and I noted a clearing on higher ground that may also be associated with this settlement?

As stated this environment is quite challenging to reach. However, I chose the route from the car park at Capel Curig (behind Joe Browns) along the old turnpike road to the Ogwen Valley. Then I followed the Nant y Gors (stream) towards the site.

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Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement
Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement submitted by TAlanJones : Field/enclosure boundary walling? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement
Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement submitted by TAlanJones : View to the W across the larger hut (centre) with large tumbled stones bottom pic. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement
Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement submitted by TAlanJones : Western arc of the larger (platformed) hut circle. Alas it's a poor quality photo 😑 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement
Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement submitted by TAlanJones : The smaller hut with Gallt Yr Ogof (763m) in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement
Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement submitted by TAlanJones : View across the smaller hut circle with the cairn lying a few metres to the north. I assumed the hut to be a cairn initially.

Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement
Nant y Gors Hut Circle Settlement submitted by TAlanJones : View to the north across the settlement site. (2 comments)

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