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Uplands Initiative – Nant y Moch & Pumlimon Fawr / <strong>Plynlimon</strong> 2004This map is essentially just a topographic and locational map drawn up by William Wallers in 1693 whilsthe was assessing the prospect of lead and silver mines in the area. Although of little use in terms of newarchaeological sites and features, it is interesting to note the sheer size that Pumlimon Mountain has beenrepresented.ii) Lewis Morris Map of 1744 (See Fig 27)As already mentioned in section (5), this map was drawn up by Lewis Morris in 1744 in response to theSurveyor General of the Crown Treasury‘s awakened interest in the potential for lead and silver mines inthe area. As such the map has been drawn with interests on topography, the main key farmsteads and a fewcertain ‗lluest’‘. Although the key farmsteads layouts aren‘t necessarily depicted it does help give us someform of chronology from which to ascertain the age of some of these upland farmsteads. A few of thesmaller lluest haven‘t been depicted by Morris, but nevertheless they have been mentioned within his text.iii) Gogerddan Estate Maps of 1784-1790 (see Fig 18)These estate maps are held in the National Library of Wales within the Gogerddan or Gogerthan Collection.Relevant to the survey area are, Estate map of ‗Bwlch-y-styllen‘ in the parish of Gogerthan, property of Margaret Pryse (1784)(MSS Gogerthan 71). This map shows land east of Bwlch-y-styllen‘ house and totaled over 822acres. From this map three houses are named and shown, that of ‗Nant Glas‘, ‗Fagwyr isaf‘ andBwlch-y-styllen‘, along with the approx. location of sheepfolds or ‗corlan‘ and a series of oldwalls.Estate map of ‗Camddwr Mawr and Drosgol‘ in the parish of Gogerthan, property of MargaretPryse (1788-90)(MSS Vol 37). This map is entitled ‗Camddwr Mawr‘ with land encompassingDrosgol and shows the mines now submerged beneath the reservoir along with two quarries, thehouse of ‗Drosgol‘, the tenant of which was one Richard Williams esq. It also shows two furtherstructures beneath the reservoir, one ‗Magwyr-y-Rhos‘ and ‗Magwyr Bryn Shrinkin‘. A furthermine is depicted covering over 50 acres with two structures shown.Estate map of ‗Maesnant‘ in the parish of Gogerthan, property of Margaret Pryse (1790) (MSSVol 37 p46) This map shows the house and garden of Maesnant. The Maesnant estate coveredover 797 acres. Also part shown is the Nant-y-Llyn estate that covered over 517 acres.Smaller estates held by Margaret Pryse shown within the Gogerddan collection are ‗Craignant,which covered just over 403 acres and that of ‗Dan-y-Dinas‘ which covered over 261 acres.Esate map showing ‗Bwlchstyllen‘, ‗Camddwr Faw‘r and area to the west of Camddwr and northof Bwlchstyllen called ‗Camddwr fach‘ and ‗Camddwr Llity‘ (MSS Gogerthan 82). On themodern OS map these areas are now depicted as an area of quarry.71CAP Report No: 355