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General Information

  • Registration number
    1600
  • Date constructed
    19th century
  • Century constructed
    1801-1900
  • Evidence proof date
    N/A
  • Evidence proof use
    N/A
  • Listed building grade
    N/A
  • Condition
    7

Address

  • Address
    Penrhiwgwair Cottage
  • Village or town
    Islwyn, Gwent
  • County
    Caerphilly
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Monmouthshire
  • Region
    Wales

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Garden
  • Direction faced
    South

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    1
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Square
  • Back shape
    Unknown
  • Recess size
    30" H x 36" W x 40" D
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    N/A
  • Rows
    1
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    12"
  • Wall material
    Stone & brick
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    Stone
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    March 2022
  • Pictures available
    G: Digital only

Notes

  • A bee bole or possibly the remains of a bee shelter, situated behind outbuildings and difficult to survey fully at present. Overgrown but owner would like to restore.

    Update March 2022: The bee boles are now restored. Newly-built skeps that it is hoped will house bees at some point have been placed within. The skeps were made by Chris Park, a skep-maker and skep-beekeeper based in Oxfordshire. 

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