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Cockpit to W of Plas Taliaris

Manordeilo and Salem, Carmarthenshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Manordeilo and Salem, Carmarthenshire, designated on 8 July 1966.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Cockpit to W of Plas Taliaris, Manordeilo and Salem, Carmarthenshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Recreational
Date of designation
8 July 1966
Community
Manordeilo and Salem
Unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.93378, -3.97978
Cadw reference
10912

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated in courtyard just W of mansion.

History

C18 base wall of a cockpit, formerly built higher in stone with pyramid slate roof as C19 game-larder (cf 1966 list description), that superstructure since removed.

Exterior

Rubble stone, some 1.5m high, octagonal with blocked pointed arched opening on NW side, presumably for birds. Openings on N and S. Inner walls are thickened on diagonal faces.

Reason for designation

An unusual survival, an old photograph shows it as stone with small louvred openings under eaves on diagonal faces and raised louvred door on S side.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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