Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Surveying Tower in Forest near Fishpools
Llangunllo, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Fforest Fach, Llangunllo, Powys, designated on 28 July 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Water Supply and Drainage
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1999
- Locality
- Fforest Fach
- Community
- Llangunllo
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.30361, -3.18868
- Cadw reference
- 22108
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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 180 Knighton (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In forest to S of forest car park which is about 500m W of Fishpools.
History
Probably a surveying tower connected with the aqueduct supplying water to Birmingham from the Elan Valley reservoirs.
Exterior
Circular stone tower in low courses of grey-brown stone. Window openings with both voussirs and lintels. Interior with ladder to top of tower.
Reason for designation
As part of the heroic Elan Valley water supply scheme, one of the wonders of C19 engineering.
Nearby in the register
- Mount PleasantDomesticunder 1 mi
- Milestone in grass verge midway between Tan House and FishpoolsTransport1 mi
- Church of St. Mary MagdaleneReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
- Bleddfa Old RectoryReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.