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Caerfadog-Uchaf, Settlement, W

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NPRN309181
Map ReferenceSH54SW
Grid ReferenceSH5447044730
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityDolbenmaen
Type Of SiteSETTLEMENT
PeriodBronze Age
Description
1. Two circular structures, c.6.0m & 7.2m in diameter, defined by walling, c.1.2m across, the SE example terraced out against the SWesterly sloping ground. The structures are joined by a c.7.6m long wall, which abutts each immediately S of their facing entrances.
(source Os495card; SH54SW28)
Possibly the remains of an enclosed settlement complex.
Associated with:
Field system (Nprn309184).
RCAHMW AP965064/50,54
J.Wiles 20.10.03

2. A field visit during Uplands Survey NBS was able to add the following description. Two hut circles, seperated by 7m and aligned north/south, these features are of drystone construction with blocks varying in size from 10cmsq to 50cmsq, which have been heaped to form a ridge. The northerly of the two has a diameter of 3m, the south a 5m diameter and is completely rounded and more intact. The pair are built on a slightly west-facing slope. The northern hut is located at SH5449444746 and the southern at SH5449644743. Associated with NPRN275746 and 309184.
M.J. Roseveare, ArchaeoPhysica Ltd, 2006

3. Site is included in an upland survey conducted in 2006 but no further comment is made. See survey report Nantlle Beddgelert (South), by M.J. Roseveare, ArchaeoPhysica Ltd.
C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 14th December 2006