Remains of Grotto in Garden of Picton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 1998. Garden feature.

Remains of Grotto in Garden of Picton Castle

WRENN ID
strange-sill-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 February 1998
Type
Garden feature
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Mound containing vaulted tunnel, with entrance W. side. Summer house or belvedere probably originally surmounted the mound, but is now lost.

A tunnel about 10 m in length extending from the W side of the mound into its heart. The tunnel is above the original ground level. The walls and vault are of rubble masonry, and the floor is of earth. Nearly 2 m wide, with a barrel vault. At the E end there is an inserted blocking wall, and what lies beyond is unknown. On either side of the tunnel there are shallow rounded recesses, as if for statues, three each side. These are original to the tunnel, the vault of which is groined at each.

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