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
87604
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/06/2010
Date of Amendment
02/06/2010
Name of Property
Pound near Three Horse Shoes
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llangadog
Town
Locality
Pont-ar-llechu
Easting
272780
Northing
224457
Street Side
Location
Just to the South of the former Three Horse Shoes PH at Pont-ar-llechau
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Pound for stray animals off the mountain, probably C19. Its location on the edge of the mountain road from Llangadog to Brynaman and its association with a public house also suggests that it was used as temporary shelter for the movement of groups of animals. It is also probable that it served as a stopping point on a drovers route from Pont-ar-llechau eastwards to Llanddeuasant, Trecastle and then Brecon.
Exterior
Animal pound, circular enclosure of rubble stone with entrance to north with stone slab lintel over.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for special historic interest as a well preserved and relatively rare survivor of the pounds for stray animals that were particular to the margins of common land and for its connection with the droving trade in east Carmarthenshire.
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