The Pound is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 February 1999. Enclosing wall.

The Pound

WRENN ID
hollow-trefoil-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 February 1999
Type
Enclosing wall
Address
The Pound, Rhandirmwyn, Llandovery, Llanfair-Ar-Y-Bryn
OS grid reference
SN 785 436
Coordinates
52.0778, -3.77374
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Pound is a circular structure made of rubble stone, with an enclosing wall approximately 1.7 meters high. There is one 20th-century opening on the north side, and the entry is located on the west, featuring a 20th-century wooden gate. The diameter of the Pound is about 5 meters.

Local climate

The Pound sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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