Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Village Pound
Ilston, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Lunnon, Swansea, Ilston, designated on 19 July 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 19 July 2000
- Locality
- Lunnon
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Ilston
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58812, -4.09858
- Cadw reference
- 23542
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the side of a lane at the centre of Lunnon, behind Big House Farmhouse.
History
Possibly contemporary with Big House Farmhouse of c1700, to the farmyard entrance of which it is adjacent. Marked as 'pound' on the 1877 map.
Exterior
A small animal pound in coursed axe-dressed local limestone, approximately oval in plan with a gateway at the north end. The walls of the pound are about 1½m. high. Simple iron gate.
Reason for designation
Included as a rare and well preserved village pound for the retention of stray animals.
Nearby in the register
- Big House FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Lime KilnIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Park Mill with Miller's House, Carpenters Shops and SmithyIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Mount Pisgah ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.