Goose-shelter at Bwlch-y-garreg is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 June 1998. Shelter.
Goose-shelter at Bwlch-y-garreg
- WRENN ID
- idle-cupola-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1998
- Type
- Shelter
- Address
- Goose-shelter at Bwlch-y-garreg, Rhiw, Pwllheli, Aberdaron
- OS grid reference
- SH 225 277
- Coordinates
- 52.81808, -4.63505
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The goose shelter at Bwlch-y-garreg is a structure made of dry stone rubble that is earth-clad and built into a bank. It features upright slabs on each side of a low entry, topped with a slab lintel. Inside, the shelter has a roughly oval shape, lined with dry stone and covered by a slab roof.
Local climate
Goose-shelter at Bwlch-y-garreg sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,600 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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