Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Goose-shelter at Bwlch-y-garreg
Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhiw, Pwllheli, Aberdaron, Gwynedd, designated on 26 June 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 June 1998
- Locality
- Rhiw
- Town
- Pwllheli
- Community
- Aberdaron
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.81806, -4.63504
- Cadw reference
- 20030
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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 134 Pwllheli (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set into earth bank to E of outbuildings at Bwlch-y-garreg.
History
Goose-shelter or cwt gwyddau built into earthen bank on E side of yard, probably C19.
Exterior
Goose shelter of dry stone rubble earth-clad built into bank with upright slabs each side of low entry and slab lintel. Dry-stone lined roughly oval interior with slab roof.
Reason for designation
A relatively rare survival of an earth-bank goose-shelter, forming part of an unusually complete cottage farm unit at Bwlch-y-garreg.
Nearby in the register
- Pigsty at Bwlch-y-garregDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bwlch-y-garregDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty Capel NeboDomesticunder 1 mi
- Capel NeboReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.