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Latitude: 53.3057 / 53°18'20"N
Longitude: -4.0558 / 4°3'20"W
OS Eastings: 263114
OS Northings: 380718
OS Grid: SH631807
Mapcode National: GBR 0Z36.QQ
Mapcode Global: WH53W.N5WM
Plus Code: 9C5Q8W4V+7M
Entry Name: Dovecote and barn at Penmon Priory
Listing Date: 17 July 2002
Last Amended: 17 July 2002
Grade: II*
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 26763
Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence
ID on this website: 300026763
Late C16 or early C17 dovecote, built c1600 and abutted by a later, probably C18, threshing barn.
Built of roughly coursed rubble masonry, the dovecote is square in plan with a corbelled stone roof dome surmounted by a a hexagonal latern with small stone dome carried on 6 moulded piers. Below the eaves is a plain square string. The square headed doorway opens out to the road to the N; a small square opening above and corresponding openings in the S and W walls.
The abutting barn is now roofless, with wide opposing segmentally arched doors with voussoir heads and flanking ventilation slits.
The interior of the dovecote is lined with nesting holes and there is a circular tower with steps in the centre.
Listed as an excellent, well-preserved, late C16 or early C17 dovecote of striking architectural form and adjoining barn standing at the heart of a rich historic landscape which includes the adjacent Priory church with surrounding conventual buildings, the nearby holy well and cell and also the monastic remains at Ynys Seiriol.
Ancient Monument No 1/1838/AN 061 (ANG) G.
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