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Latitude: 51.738 / 51°44'16"N
Longitude: -3.4308 / 3°25'50"W
OS Eastings: 301297
OS Northings: 205334
OS Grid: SO012053
Mapcode National: GBR HL.1PRQ
Mapcode Global: VH6CX.HL40
Entry Name: Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth Maen
Scheduled Date: 11 June 1979
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 2290
Cadw Legacy ID: GM401
Schedule Class: Domestic
Category: Unenclosed hut circle
Period: Prehistoric
County: Rhondda, Cynon, Taff (Rhondda Cynon Taf)
Community: Llwydcoed (Llwytgoed)
Traditional County: Glamorgan
The monument comprises the remains of a group of hut circles that probably date to the Iron Age period (c. 800 BC - AD 74). Situated on a shelf of open moorland at above 400m above OD. The site consists of a complex of enclosures and hut circles covering an area roughly 250m long north-south by 150m across east-west. About 15-18 hut circles are visible and 2 small rectangular huts together with two or probably three large irregular enclosures are outlined by partly tumbled dry stone walls 1-3m wide and on average about 0.5m high.
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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