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Gaer Hut Circle

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 00973g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Trellech United
Unitary authority : Monmouthshire
NGR : SO493038
Site Type (preferred type first) : IRON AGE hut circle

Summary :
A hut circle part of PRN 00972g

Description :
A hut circle part of PRN 00972g. A medium sized roughly circular earthwork on a projecting shoulder of hill, not on an actual summit. It is somewhat overlooked from the N. single bank and ditch much denuded. ? A second bank on the N side (close to field devision). One entrance at SW ? original - simple gap in bank ecpet that at its S side is a high abnk of stones and soil. A trench has been dug into this, showing that it is probably comparatively modern. Almost in the centre of the area is a flat circular depression 24ft. in diameter, which looks like a hut but is a charcoal burning floor, vide black earth and charcoal in upcast. Bracken covered. (AM 1934)

The camp is situated on a south-facing slope below the summit of a hill. There are steep slopes below it to the S, E and W. It is under grass, which bracken on its S side, in a permanent pasture field. It is a circular earthwork consisting of a flat interior, sloping towards the S, surrounded by a gently sloping bank and in places ditch. ON the N side the bank is 1.2m high on the inside and 1.5m high on the outside. There is no ditch but a slight rise in the ground at the field boundary. Opposite the gate into the field there is a slight causeway and a slight dip in the bank, but these are probably modern. On the E side the bank is 0.5m on the inside and 1.8m high ont he outside, with a slight ditch outside it before a steep drop below. The ditch peters out towards the S end, where the bank becomes a scarp continuous with the slope below. On the S side the scarp is 2.5m high on the inside and 2.2m high on the outside and has steep sides with stones on the surface. On the lower part of its outer side there are some larger stones lying on the surface. There is a slight hollow on the SW side of the top. To the N of the knoll is a gap in the bank c. 3m wide. The W side has a bank with a slight internal height and an external height of 2m. Outside it is a very slight ditch and outer bank, the combined width of which is c. 10m. In the middle of this side there is a slight dip in the outer bank, which is most visible at its N end where it runs into the hedge at the edge of the field. (Whittle, 1987)

Sources :
Cadw , Cadw Scheduled Monument Record

Events :

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00972g

Compiled date : 15-03-2011


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