What is recorded here

Oxwich Castle Dovecot stands as a medieval and post medieval structure in Swansea, Wales, recorded in the national monument register. Its walls likely held thousands of doves, providing eggs and meat for the castle household while pigeons flew between Swansea and nearby estates. The building survives as a rare physical trace of that busy aerial economy, where human hands shaped stone to serve birds and birds served people in return.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Oxwich Castle Dovecot as Dovecote from the Medieval; Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Oxwich Castle Dovecot was built in the 16th century, likely by the influential Mansel family of Oxwich Castle, as part of their estate. It is remembered as a rare and well-preserved example of a medieval dovecote in Wales, reflecting the importance of pigeon keeping for food and status in the period.

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