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.
Date of Designation
13/04/2005
Date of Amendment
13/04/2005
Name of Property
Root clamp at Egryn
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Dyffryn Ardudwy
Location
South of the stable and cow-house complex, at the point where the track that gives access to the house and farmbuildings turns to run N, in the angle of this track and that which continues towards the fields and grazing beyond the buildings
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
No direct dating evidence, but likely to be C19, perhaps part of the general improvement and expansion of farm-buildings here. Partially collapsed when inspected.
Exterior
Long rectangular rubble-stone structure built into raised mound and therefore mainly turf covered. Remains of roof structure show that it was roofed with large flat slabs; entrance at W end.
Reason for designation
Listed notwithstanding poor conditionas a surviving example of an unusual minor agricultural structure, retaining significant elements of its original construction, and forming part of a group of agricultural buildings associated with Egryn Abbey
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