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Pig Sty at Lleiniau-hirion

A Grade II Listed Building in Trefor, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9891 / 52°59'20"N

Longitude: -4.4267 / 4°25'36"W

OS Eastings: 237205

OS Northings: 346287

OS Grid: SH372462

Mapcode National: GBR 59.HR55

Mapcode Global: WH443.Z469

Plus Code: 9C4QXHQF+J8

Entry Name: Pig Sty at Lleiniau-hirion

Listing Date: 20 July 1999

Last Amended: 20 July 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 22011

Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence

ID on this website: 300022011

Location: Lleiniau-hirion lies up a small valleyto the S of the village. The pig sty lies close to the rear left corner of the house.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Caernarfon

Community: Llanaelhaearn

Community: Llanaelhaearn

Locality: Trefor

Built-Up Area: Trefor

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

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History

Probably built in the C18 to a traditional rural form.

Exterior

Built of boulder walls and having a corbelled stone roof. It is separated from the rear wall of the house by a narrow passage and is approximately 1.7m square in plan, with a narrow low entrance into the run, approximately 2m x 3m, with its entrance alongside the gable of the farmhouse. The height internally is approximately 1.2m.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a rare survival of the traditional type of corbelled pig sty used in upland Welsh farms until the C19, and of group value with the farmhouse.

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  • II Church of St George
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