Ty
Mawr Hut Circles are
to be found in fields close to South Stack near to Holyhead on Holy Island,
Anglesey. (Also known as the Cytau'r Gwyddelod, or Irish Huts, although
there is no evidence of Irish occupation.)
The remains consist of 10 large
round dwellings interspersed with smaller buildings that are partly below
ground. Some of the huts are over 20 ft, 7 metre in diameter with thick
low walls.
There is archaeological evidence that the site was occupied from the
Middle Stone Age, Neolithic Age, and Bronze Age, but the visible stone
buildings were occupied from the Iron Age through to the 6th Century
AD. The land was worked during the Roman period as evidenced by
the finding of Roman coins during excavations in the 19th Century.
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There are several other sites of interest on Holy Island, all within
just a few miles of the Hut Circles. The closest is the South Stack Lighthouse
and RSPB Reserve literally just across the road. Within a mile or so
you will find the Penrhos-feilw
Standing Stones, a pair of 10 ft high
stones from the 2nd millennium BC.
Another mile or so south west and you come across Porth Dafarch a picturesque
beach with evidence of early settlements in the fields nearby. Continue
on past Trearddur Bay and you come to Rhoscolyn where, with a bit of
effort, you will find the Holy
Well of St Gwenfaen.
And a short trip into the town of Holyhead rewards you with the ancient
Church of St Cybi,
close to, and overlooking, Holyhead harbour.
Directions
: [ Map
of Ty Mawr Hut Circles location ]
From the Menai Bridge continue on the A55 toward Holyhead. Leave A55
at Junction 3 to Valley. Take B4545 to Trearddur Bay, take coast
road west past Porth Dafarch to South Stack. Park in the RSPB Reserve
car park. The Ty Mawr Hut Circles are in the fields opposite.