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Latitude: 52.8668 / 52°52'0"N
Longitude: -4.0854 / 4°5'7"W
OS Eastings: 259716
OS Northings: 331959
OS Grid: SH597319
Mapcode National: GBR 5R.RJ1D
Mapcode Global: WH560.66TL
Entry Name: Hut Circle West of Merthyr Farm
Scheduled Date: 21 May 1998
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 3767
Cadw Legacy ID: ME176
Schedule Class: Domestic
Category: Unenclosed hut circle
Period: Prehistoric
County: Gwynedd
Community: Harlech
Traditional County: Merionethshire
The monument comprises the well preserved remains of an single, substantially built and unusually large hut circle that probably dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 800 BC - AD 400).
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric 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 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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