<< Our Photo Pages >> Llyn Morwynion Hut Circle ii - Ancient Village or Settlement in Wales in Gwynedd
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Multi-periodSite Name: Llyn Morwynion Hut Circle iiCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.314 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Blaenau Ffestiniog Nearest Village: Llan Ffestiniog
Map Ref: SH7373942695
Latitude: 52.966705N Longitude: 3.881432W
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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Described by Coflein NPRN 536644 as:
"a hut circle in a raised position above the NW end of Llyn Morwynion, bound by a stream on the NE side and in a lee of higher ground to the SW, protecting it from prevailing winds. It survives as a circular earthwork 6m in diameter, with stonework surviving up to 2 courses high and a pronounced rim in places."
My visit on the 7th Jan 2023 ended in a bit of a 'chin rub'. I'm confident that I eventually found the site, given the grid ref, and my observations do not differ greatly from the description given by Coflein. However, having taken a few photos I wandered up the sloping ground a few metres and discovered a second platform that could, arguably, be a similar platform to that apparent at the grid ref? Anyway, I've taken a longshot of the area and red arrowed the two sites. NB: the Coflein site is the lower of the two 😊
There are several further hut circle sites just a few metres lower in the valley and within Llyn Morwynion reservoir. Llyn Morwynion is situated in a vast moorland area known as Y Migneint, a rich prehistoric and more modern historical environment.
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