Hut circle
In archaeology, a hut circle is a circular or oval depression in the ground which may or may not have a low stone wall around it that used to be the foundation of a
Hut circles are usually around 5 to 25 feet (1.5 to 7.6 m) in internal diameter, the rocks themselves being 2–3 feet (0.61–0.91 m) wide and around 3 feet (0.91 m) high. Hut circles were also almost certainly covered by conical rounded roofs and supported by posts that were internal and sometimes external.[1]
Wales
There are more than 100 registered hut circles and enclosures in Wales.[3] They are to be found in areas which have not been ploughed and the stones have not been disturbed. They are quite common in the north.[4]
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Tre'r Ceiri Celtic Iron Age hut circle
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Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles
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Trearddur hut circles
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Din Lligwy hut circles
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Hut circle near Aber Fallsn Conwy
England
Hut circles are particularly numerous on
At Halangy Down in the Isles of Scilly are the remains of an Iron Age village composed of round houses below the Bant's Carn Bronze Age burial chamber.
Scotland
Hut circles also occur in Northern Scotland, but it is unclear whether there is a connection between these and the hut circles in England. These hut circles were usually in pairs, and surrounded by groups of
References
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- ^ "Scheduled Monuments in Gwynedd". ancientmonuments.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Great Archaeological Sites in Blaenau Gwent 3. TREFIL HUT CIRCLE" (PDF). www.ggat.org.uk. e Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust Ltd. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Sandles, Tim (17 March 2016). "Hut Circles: The Roundhouses of Dartmoor". Legendary Dartmoor. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ Roberts, G. (1865). "Some further notes upon pre-historic hut-circles". Journal of the Anthropological Society of London. 3: lx–lxv.