Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
13071
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/11/1992
Date of Amendment
18/06/2004
Name of Property
Corbelled pig-sty at Maen-offeriaid
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Crymych
Town
Crymych
Locality
Eglwyswen
Easting
214521
Northing
234746
Street Side
Location
On the S side of the house at Maen-offeriaid some 1.7km SE of Pontyglasier.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Corbelled pig-sty of uncertain date, probably C19, though of a masonry type of construction dating back to prehistory.
Exterior
Small corbelled pig-sty, square-plan with low tapered-sided entry and stone slab lintel, the roof roughly domed outside, built of corbelled flat stones within. Added stones on right side. Outside the front is a tiny enclosure defined by seven small standing stones.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an extremely rare surviving example of this type of structure in the region.
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