Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11879
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/12/1963
Date of Amendment
28/07/1998
Name of Property
Dovecote NW of Coleman Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Kidwelly
Town
Kidwelly
Locality
Lower Ferry Road
Easting
239641
Northing
207187
Street Side
Location
Situated in patch of scrub woodland at intersection of four fields on hillside some 300m NW of Coleman Farm, which is on the lower road from Kidwelly to Ferryside via St Ishmael.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
Dovecote possibly medieval but more probably C17 or C16. It was said in 1917 to have a barely decipherable date of 1571 above door on inside (not seen 1996). Before 1870 there was a similar dovecote at Waungadog, Stockwell. Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Exterior
Rubble stone circular dovecote with corbelled stone shallow dome and circular centre hole. Dome is turf-clad, but probably originally had conical roof. Low S doorway with stone voussoirs.
Interior
Circular interior some 2.75m (9') wide and 5.8m (19') high lined with some 236 dove holes in 11 tiers, 10 tiers below shelf, one above.
Reason for designation
Listed as an extremely fine stone vaulted circular dovecote.
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