Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Circular pigsty at Craig Fawr Farm
Mawr, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Garnswllt, Swansea, Mawr, designated on 21 January 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 21 January 1988
- Locality
- Garnswllt
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Mawr
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75453, -3.99909
- Cadw reference
- 81059
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 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated uphill to right of Graig Fawr farmhouse, reached up track running SE from Garnswllt Road about 700m S of Garnswllt.
History
Late C18 or early C19 circular beehive-type stone pigsty of regional type. The date range for this style of pigsty in Glamorgan is uncertain, but they are noted as early as 1796 by travellers and the latest dated example is 1856 in Gwent.
Exterior
Pigsty, circular plan, of dry rubble stone in thin flat stones coursed and slightly corbelled-in each course, to a beehive-domed form. Single door with stone slab lintel and sill and slightly tapering sides. Dry stone L-plan wall in front.
Reason for designation
Included as one of the relatively small number of survivors of this distinctive building type using early construction techniques.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn 250m SW of Banc Llyn-MawrRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Plas Mawr (formerly known as Cwrt y Ceidrim)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Earthwork on Graig FawrHillfortunder 1 mi
- Ring Cairn on Craig FawrEarthwork (unclassified)1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.