Kissock, J. A K. and Johnston, R. (2007). Sheephouses and sheepcotes --. Studia Celtica 41. Vol 41, pp. 1-23.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
Sheephouses and sheepcotes -- | ||||
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Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
a study of the post-medieval landscape of Cefn Drum, Gower | ||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Studia Celtica 41 | ||||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies | ||||
Volume Volume number and part |
41 | ||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
1 - 23 | ||||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
The paper examines the evolution of the upland and inland part of the Gower landscape in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, focusing on the hill of Cefn Drum and the adjacent valleys. It describes the range of structures found within a landscape of `sheepcotes'. The excavation of a small domestic building, a pillow mound, a haybarn, and lengths of field wall are described and the nature of the local fulling mills briefly examined. The study of a number of local place names demonstrates that the first, probably seasonally occupied, farmsteads were founded in the upper sections of the valleys in the late-sixteenth century. It is proposed that the farmsteads became permanently occupied in the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries. Eventually, settlements were founded further down the valley or on the hilltops themselves. The growing demand for grazing land as population increased is thought to lie behind this pattern, whilst the deterioration of the weather, culminating in the `Little Ice Age', may have brought this episode of settlement on Cefn Drum to an end. | ||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2007 | ||||
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
17 Mar 2008 |
