Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bee-boles at Gelliargwellt Uchaf
Gelligaer, Caerphilly, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llancaiach, Gelligaer, Caerphilly, designated on 18 July 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 18 July 2001
- Locality
- Llancaiach
- Community
- Gelligaer
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.65995, -3.26596
- Cadw reference
- 25537
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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set in the E garden wall of Gelliargwellt.
History
Bee-boles were created to house straw beehives or skeps. They mostly have a SE facing aspect and all in Glamorgan are built into garden walls. Wooden beehives replaced them in the mid C19.
Exterior
Range of 6 small round-arched recesses with voussoirs painted white set into inner side of garden wall facing SW.
Reason for designation
Listed as an interesting survival of a range of bee-boles and for group value with the farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Gelliargwellt Uchaf FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Maen Cattwg (cup-marked stone)Cup Marked Stoneunder 1 mi
- Gelligaer Roman SiteFortunder 1 mi
- Church of St CatwgReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.