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Circular Pigsty near Pill House

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanmadoc, Swansea

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6205 / 51°37'13"N

Longitude: -4.245 / 4°14'41"W

OS Eastings: 244682

OS Northings: 193685

OS Grid: SS446936

Mapcode National: GBR GR.0Y1Q

Mapcode Global: VH3MP.CJQL

Plus Code: 9C3QJQC4+62

Entry Name: Circular Pigsty near Pill House

Listing Date: 3 March 2000

Last Amended: 3 March 2000

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22884

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300022884

Location: At left of path north from Frog Lane to Pill House.

County: Swansea

Town: Swansea

Community: Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton (Llangynydd, Llanmadog a Cheriton)

Community: Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton

Locality: Llanmadoc village

Built-Up Area: Llanmadoc

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: House

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History

Possibly C18, but lacking dateable detail. It appears to be shown on the 1878 map. A rare survival of a simple vernacular structure; compare a less well preserved Gower example at James Grove, Pennard. There is a fine mid-Glamorgan example from Hendre Ifan Prosser now rebuilt at St Fagan's Museum. About 30 such pigsties have been found in South Wales.

Exterior

A small corbelled circular rubble stone structure brought to a rough dome at top, in local limestone. Overall about 2½ metres tall and about 2 metres diameter. At the south there is a small opening with a stone lintel. The bottom 1.4 metres is approximately vertical, ending with a course of thin stones at the same level as the opening lintel, then above that the sides gradually corbel inwards. Extending about 2 metres to the south side are remnants of a small yard wall discernible in the undergrowth.

Reasons for Listing

A very rare survival of a once-common type of farm building, using an ancient building technique

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