Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Coleman Dovecot
Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- dovecote
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 1 November 1951
- Community
- Kidwelly
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.74039, -4.32394
- SAM number
- CM152
- Cadw record number
- 664
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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 Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a dovecote, dating to the medieval period. A dovecote is a house for doves and pigeons, usually placed at a height above the ground, with openings and provision inside for roosting and breeding. Coleman Dovecot is circular and has an internal diameter of 8ft and measures 16ft from the floor to the top of the domed roof. All of the pigeon holes are complete and there is a square headed low door.
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 NW of Coleman FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Kidwelly QuayMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Remains of monastic grange at Penallt FarmReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The War Memorial and railingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.