Hovel at Tan-y-bwlch

The Hovel at Tan-y-bwlch is a Grade II* listed structure dating back to an unspecified period. It features a sub-rectangular chamber measuring 1.92 meters by 2.8 meters, constructed from boulders and filled with smaller stones, likely originally including moss. The roof is made of four corbelled slabs. There is a narrow rectangular doorway at one corner, 72 centimeters wide, with a monolithic lintel and a later doorframe. Opposite this doorway is a raised hearth framed in stone. A blocked window, which once overlooked a small pigsty, indicates that alterations have occurred during its use.

Attached to the southwest side of the chamber is a square pen, presumably for a pig, measuring 1.7 meters square. This pen is similarly constructed and integrated with the main building, featuring a shelter at the back that is 1.2 meters wide and accessed through a low opening. The pen has a lean-to roof made of large stone slabs, and its interior is also paved. The associated run has slightly convex paving and boulder gateposts, but there are no surviving fittings.

The walls of the chamber are slightly corbelled, rising towards the capstone slab roof, which reaches a height of 1.8 meters at the center. The floor is level and made of stone. The raised hearth measures 75 centimeters by 70 centimeters and features a vertical orthostat on one side supporting a lintel stone. A small flue rises through the roof, and there are two pairs of small rectangular niches in the side wall.