Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Covered Dung-pit in Monachty Farmyard
Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Monachty/Mynachdy, Dyffryn Arth, Ceredigion, designated on 23 May 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 23 May 1996
- Locality
- Monachty/Mynachdy
- Community
- Dyffryn Arth
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.23628, -4.19102
- Cadw reference
- 17494
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1898 · 177 Aberaeron (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated freestanding in Monachty farm courtyard.
Exterior
History: Mid to later C19 roofed farmyard dung-pit.
Description: A sunken pit, stone lined with sloping entry from E. Big slate roof, hipped to W, carried on six red brick piers each side on low red-brick walls (partly lined in rubble stone). Open E end. Two-bay W end. Brickwork is largely renewed on N side. Five-bay roof with bolted collar trusses.
An unusual Victorian farmyard structure, listed for rarity and for group value with the rest of the exceptional group of farmyard buildings at Monachty.
Nearby in the register
- L-plan ranges on N and W sides of farmyard at MonachtyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding on S side of farmyard at MonachtyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- SE range of farm court at MonachtyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- E range of farmyard at MonachtyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.