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Denbigh Cockpit

17th-century architecture in the United KingdomBuildings and structures completed in the 17th centuryGrade II listed buildings in CardiffRelocated buildings and structures in WalesSt Fagans National Museum of History
Thatched buildings in Wales
The cockpit at St Fagans geograph.org.uk 631971
The cockpit at St Fagans geograph.org.uk 631971

Denbigh Cockpit is a reconstructed building at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The cockpit formerly stood in the yard of the Hawk and Buckle Inn at Vale Street, Denbigh, and is thought to date from the late seventeenth century. It is a Grade II listed building. Cockfighting became illegal in Britain in 1849, and the cockpit was used for other purposes over the years, such as a garage. In 1911 it was visited by members of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, and was found to be "preserved with much care". It was in a poor state of repair by 1965, when a decision was made to move it to St Fagans. The cockpit was opened to the public at St Fagans in 1970.

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Denbigh Cockpit
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