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Fynnon y Pant

A Grade II Listed Building in St Brides Major, Vale of Glamorgan

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4692 / 51°28'9"N

Longitude: -3.6125 / 3°36'44"W

OS Eastings: 288093

OS Northings: 175702

OS Grid: SS880757

Mapcode National: GBR HC.LL1M

Mapcode Global: VH5HQ.BBLK

Plus Code: 9C3RF99Q+M2

Entry Name: Fynnon y Pant

Listing Date: 3 March 1999

Last Amended: 3 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21794

Building Class: Water Supply and Drainage

ID on this website: 300021794

Location: Located on Ogmore Down, along a track leading down towards Ogmore.

County: Vale of Glamorgan

Community: St. Bride's Major (Saint-y-Brid)

Community: St. Bride's Major

Locality: Heol y Mynydd

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Covered stone well, said to be C16. Possibly rebuilt later.

Exterior

Low, rubble stone cover slab roof, roughly rectangular plan with rounded corners. The entrance is to the S, within flanking walls. After 2 thresholds and a large step, the passage curves round to the E with 2 further steps leading down to the water level beneath and another stone slab lintel below external ground level.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an unusual survival of an early stone well, which is well preserved.

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