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Dovecot at Hygga Farm is a post-medieval dovecote located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MM150. The structure dates from the post-medieval period and represents an important element of agricultural subsistence practice, reflecting the farming economy of its era when dovecotes were valued for providing a reliable source of meat and eggs to rural households and estates. The monument survives as physical evidence of domestic food production methods that were integral to Welsh rural life during this period.
Dovecot at Hygga Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM150. View the official record →
Dovecot at Hygga Farm is a post-medieval dovecote located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MM150.
Dovecot at Hygga Farm dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a dovecote. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dovecot at Hygga Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MM150.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Arvan's Church Cross-slab (7.8 km), The Giant's Cave, Piercefield (8.3 km), Lancaut deserted village (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Dovecot at Hygga Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dovecot at Hygga Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.