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Dovecote, Llanthony Priory

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 01731g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Crucorney
Unitary authority : Monmouthshire
NGR : SO28822777
Site Type (preferred type first) : Medieval Dovecote
Status : Site Cared for by the State

Summary :
Part of a circular dovecote lined with nesting boxes down to ground level survives in the southwestern part of the outer princinct.

Description :
The pigeon house, in the Plock near the south corner of the farmyard (OS field no.534) was discovered whilst digging up stone to mend the roads. The interior of the dovecote has been excavated, Measured internally the circular wall is 2.2m high and is completely lined with pigeon holes. There is an entrance gap 1.0m wide in the west where the thickness of the wall can be established at 1.2m. Externally the ground is made up around the cote and the top of the walling is a spread grass-covered bank 1.5m wide and 0.5m high. (OS card SO 22 NE)

Sources :
Cadw , Application for Scheduled Monument Consent
Procter, E , 2007 , Llanthony Priory in the Vale of Ewyas: The landscape impact of a medieval priory in the Welsh Marches
Roberts G. , 1846 , Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire , Archaeologia Cambrensis : I : 201-245

Events :
E008394 : Court Farm, Llanthony, Monmouthshire (year : 2021)

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Compiled date : 02-12-1988


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