Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rosemarket Dovecot
Rosemarket, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Rosemarket, Pembrokeshire, recorded as dovecote (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- dovecote
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 23 November 1950
- Community
- Rosemarket
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.73542, -4.96461
- SAM number
- PE224
- Cadw record number
- 2683
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- Sheet 7 South Wales (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The monument consists of the remains of a dovecote, dating to the post-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. The dovecot is small with a circular, stone-built domed roof.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of post-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
- Rosemarket dovecoteDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St IsmaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Rosemarket RathRathunder 1 mi
- Jordanston Farm Promontory FortPromontory Fort - inlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.