Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Culver Hole Dovecot
Port Eynon, Swansea, Wales
A scheduled monument in Port Eynon, Swansea, recorded as dovecote (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- dovecote
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Community
- Port Eynon
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.53937, -4.21412
- SAM number
- GM325
- Cadw record number
- 3633
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- Sheet 7 South Wales (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- [Kaart] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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.
Culver Hole consists of a natural cave blocked in by a massive stone wall 18.2m high and 3m thick at the base. The wall is pierced by five windows and a staircase inside gives access to a large number of pigeon holes. A castle is mentioned at Port Eynon in a lawsuit dated 1396, and the pigeon house may have been part of this castle.
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
- The Culver HoleMiscellaneousunder 1 mi
- The Salthouse, Port EynonSalt Worksunder 1 mi
- Overton HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lifeboatmen's Memorial at south east corner of St Cattwg's churchyardCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.