The hut circle on Waun Mawn -- some stones visible, and others buried in the turf. Too small to be a stone circle, and too big to be the remains of a cromlech, I suspect......
I went over to Waun Mawn to see if I could find the little hut circle shown on some of the old maps. I found it all right --- it's very small indeed, less than 5m across, so if it was a hut it must have been very cosy.......
It's located about 200m from the single standing stone to the north of the Gernos Fach track. Go directly upslope from the standing stone, and you'll see the small grassy mounds and the stones towards the eastern edge of a grassy area surrounded by low gorse bushes.
The single standing stone on Waun Mawr, on the north side of the farm track
There are other explanations for stone circles in the archaeological record that are strangely absent when it comes to British archaeology.The first is the use as a hunting blind.The paper "Nobody knows the way of the Caribou" shows some examples.The other use is a tent/tipi ring where stones are used to hold down the edges of the hide tents,there are plenty of photographs on the internet for comparison.
ReplyDeleteGood thinking, Gordon! Yes, this was designated as a deer park / hunting area in the Middle Ages -- so that strange little feature could indeed be a hide used by the hunters......
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