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Latitude: 51.7161 / 51°42'58"N
Longitude: -4.0179 / 4°1'4"W
OS Eastings: 260695
OS Northings: 203859
OS Grid: SN606038
Mapcode National: GBR GW.NY17
Mapcode Global: VH4JW.94R8
Plus Code: 9C3QPX8J+CR
Entry Name: Circular Pigsty at Beili Gras
Listing Date: 21 January 1988
Last Amended: 19 May 2003
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 11208
Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence
ID on this website: 300011208
Location: Beili Glas is reached from Upper Mill Road by a winding farm track. The pigsty is sited against a garden wall immediately to W of house.
County: Swansea
Town: Swansea
Community: Pontardulais (Pontarddulais)
Community: Pontardulais
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Pigsty
Built in the C18 or early C19.
C18 or early C19 pigsty in rough rubble stone on a circular plan, the constructional technique is reminiscent of Early Christian beehive huts. Squat proportions with rough domed roof. Dressed stone lintel to low animal entry to W, abutting boundary wall.
Circular interior with stone corbelled domed vault.
Included as a very rare and unusual example of a disappearing building type.
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