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Multi-periodSite Name: Moel Farlwyd Hut CircleCountry: Wales County: Conwy Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Blaenau Ffestiniog Nearest Village: Dolwyddelan
Map Ref: SH7058448535
Latitude: 53.018419N Longitude: 3.93072W
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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Situated high (540m) above the Crimea Pass (A470) between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Dolwyddelan the hut circle occupies a comanding position on a sheltered outcrop to the SW of Moel Farlwyd's summit (577m). I made my way to the site via the footpath that leads from the Eryri lay by/car park. A very wet and windy moorland trudge of about 700m along a mostly absent path. The site itself is nestled within the lower foothills and was relatively sheltered from the high winds that I had experienced on the way up.
The hut circle is almost a perfect circle of stones that has a 5m interior diameter and it is raised to about 0.45m. Although partially overgrown with marsh grass the site stands out and can be seen as a circular
structure on Google Earth. Gwynedd Archaeological Trust has the site location identified at SH706485 some 40m away and they do not provide a description.
There is some evidence of prehistoric activity in the valley beyond, in and around the Llynnau Barlwyd lakes, but the local slate quarry and the more recent mountain bike centre and Zip wire has taken control of this area of upland.
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