Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penmon Dovecote
Llangoed, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- dovecote
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Welsh name
- Colomendy Penmon
- Community
- Llangoed
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.30562, -4.05569
- SAM number
- AN061
- Cadw record number
- 2528
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument consists of a dovecote built c.1600. The monument lies east of the Penmon church and is associated with the near contemporary Priory House. It is built on a square plan with sides that are 8m long with a masonry dome also square in plan. The profile is French Renaissance in character, so perhaps dates to soon after 1600. The projecting courses of limestone suggest an entablature. The lofty vault is surmounted by an octagonal cupola with open sides that is also vaulted. Inside, the many tiers of nesting holes are built in pairs: in the middle is a round pillar to support a revolving device for gathering eggs. Abutting to it is a slightly later corn barn, now roofless.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval agricultural and settlement organisation. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Dovecote and barn at Penmon PrioryAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Priory house outbuildingDomesticunder 1 mi
- Penmon CrossCrossunder 1 mi
- Refectory at Penmon PrioryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.