Plynlimon (central) - Royal Commission on the Ancient and ...

Uplands Initiative – Nant y Moch & Pumlimon Fawr / <strong>Plynlimon</strong> 2004OS Surveyors’ Drawing 1822-1834) (See Figs 19 + 20)FIGURE 19. OS Surveyors drawing of Montgomeryshire (Llangurig) side of <strong>Plynlimon</strong> (1822).The quality of the copy of the OS Surveyors drawing of 1822 depicting the east side of <strong>Plynlimon</strong> held inthe National Library of Wales is of very poor quality, however three main sites in the survey area are justvisible and named. These are the farmsteads of ‗Pont Rhydgaled‘ at the base and that of ‗Cefn Brwyn‘. Alsomarked are the Hore mine workings to the north, however only marked by an enclosure and the name Hore(this mine is just outside of this seasons field survey). For the west side of Pumlimon however the early OSSurveyors drawings are much more helpful (see Fig 20)Farmsteads marked on this map, along with their enclosed lands include, Nant-y-Llyn, Hengwm Annedd,Maesnant, Drosgol, Camddwr Mawr, Nant y Moch, Camddwr Bach, Syffyddrin, Ffrydd, Castell Coch,Glandwr, Bwlchstyllen, Dinas, Nant y Rhedydd, Aber Ceiro, Ty‘n Rhos, Hen Hafod, Aber Peithnant, BlaenPeithnant, Hirnant and Dyffryn Castell. As well as these farmsteads the map also depicts a few field barns,two associated with the Hen Hafod tenement and one with Syffydrin farmstead. Interesting to note on thismap is the absence of ‗Lluest Nant y Cleehir (NPRN: 282895) and ‗Lle‘r Neuaddau farmstead‘ whichwould normally be adjacent to ‗Hen Hafod. This may imply that these small farmsteads had beenabandoned by this time, perhaps so with ‗Lluest y Cleehir‘, but unlikely with ‗Lle‘r Nueadau‘, as this likelyreplaced ‗Hen Hafod‘, although it does seem to have been depicted and mentioned in Lewis Morris‘s mapand text of 1744.iv) Crown Estate Maps 1860-1865These report maps are dated between the years 1860-1865. Although there are a few farms marked on thisearly series, such as Nant Llyn, Maesnant and Eisteddfa Gurig, these appear to be solely for locational useonly and don‘t show any detail of farmstead layout, but essentially they seem to relate to water courses inthe area as well as highlighting the series of boundary posts and stones along the east side of <strong>Plynlimon</strong> thatdemarcate the Cardiganshire and Montgomeryshire county boundary. In the field the majority of these postsare dated 1865. Because of the character of these maps it is likely that they were part of a survey reportassociated with mining in the area and may have an association with leat building.71CAP Report No: 355