Pound near Rhuad y Mon is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 July 1999. Pound.
Pound near Rhuad y Mon
- WRENN ID
- noble-pilaster-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1999
- Type
- Pound
- Address
- Pound near Rhuad y Mon, Bethlehem, Llangadog, Carmarthenshire
- OS grid reference
- SN 683 244
- Coordinates
- 51.9033, -3.91563
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The structure is an animal pound, dating from the 18th century, located near Rhuad y Mon. It features a circular enclosure with a diameter of approximately 5.5 meters. The walls are made of rubble stone and earth, standing about 2 meters high. There is a single entry point on the northeast side, which originally had a door or iron gate, although this is now missing. A stone slab lintel is positioned above the entry.
Local climate
Pound near Rhuad y Mon sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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