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Latitude: 52.8801 / 52°52'48"N
Longitude: -3.7591 / 3°45'32"W
OS Eastings: 281718
OS Northings: 332851
OS Grid: SH817328
Mapcode National: GBR 65.QRC3
Mapcode Global: WH673.7V6Y
Entry Name: Bancian Duon Hut Circle Settlement and Deserted Rural Settlement
Scheduled Date: 11 October 1999
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 857
Cadw Legacy ID: ME197
Schedule Class: Domestic
Category: Unenclosed hut circle
Period: Prehistoric
County: Gwynedd
Community: Llanuwchllyn
Traditional County: Merionethshire
The monument comprises the remains of structures representing many centuries of domestic occupation. The earliest structures, dating from the first Millennium BC, are five hut circles visible as low earth and stone banks set on artificial platforms. Close to these are the well preserved remains of two stone walled long huts and two platform houses visible as earth and stone banks. These buildings probably date from the medieval period and could demonstrate more than one phase of occupation. Further structures include a rectangular building platform set close to the side of the stream and tentatively identified as a water powered mill and a shelter, possibly an 18th or 19th century goat pen associated with transhumant farming. Lack of disturbance has resulted in the survival of internal features including dividing walls.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric, medieval and post-medieval domestic construction practices. The monument retains significant archaeological potential and there is a strong probability that structural evidence has survived, together with internal and external floor surfaces; the tumbled walling within the buildings may have served to preserve and protect the original internal floor levels.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Source: Cadw
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