Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Medieval fishpool in W part of Ewenny Priory (house) gardens
Ewenny, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 3 March 1998
- Locality
- Ewenny Priory
- Community
- Ewenny
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48802, -3.56925
- Cadw reference
- 19469
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
In the walled garden in the W part of the Priory complex.
History
Believed to be a medieval fishpool, remodelled later, used for storing fish caught in the Ewenny River.
Exterior
A circular pool of dressed stone, the kerb standing a little above ground surface, with a ramped channel to N. Past exploration has identified a stone basin below the visible courses.
Reason for designation
Listed II* as a rare example of a medieval fishpool; group value with other buildings of Ewenny Priory, in particular the N and S Gatehouses, the Garden Wall and the Precinct Walls.
Nearby in the register
- W Precinct Wall at Ewenny Priory (house)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Garden wall linking N and S Gatehouses at Ewenny Priory (house)Gardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- S Gatehouse at Ewenny Priory (house)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- N Gatehouse at Ewenny Priory (house)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.