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The Pound

Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire, designated on 29 November 1995.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of The Pound, Cilycwm, 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
Agriculture and Subsistence
Date of designation
29 November 1995
Locality
Cilycwm
Community
Cilycwm
Unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.04657, -3.81441
Cadw reference
16983

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Situated some 400m E of foot of Ship Street on S side of road to Capel Soar.

Small C19 enclosure for impounding stray cattle.

Small enclosure surrounded by low rubble walls with curved angles. Opening on N side to road.

Included as rare survival of rural feature once common.

Nearby in the register

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

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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