Site Record

A pillow mound on Esgair y Ty, one of a group of eight which together form a rabbit warren, NPRN 340835. This pillow mound is the westernmost of a pair of conjoined mounds, separated from the main group by the modern Rhayader to Cwmystwyth road, NPRN 502700. The mound measures approximately 19m long north to south by 5.5m wide and is up to 0.75m high. The mound to its east, NPRN 24577, is slightly larger. When visited in May 2009 the site was grass-covered and in good condition.

Some 30m to the northeast of this pair of pillow mound is a large building platform, NPRN 502521, dissected by the road line. It is possible that the rabbit warren on Esgair y Ty is associated with this platform. If that were the case the proximity of the pair of pillow mounds to the platform may indicate that they were reserved for breeding does, built close to the warrener's house, a pattern which is known to have occurred on medieval and early post medieval rabbit farms.

J.J. Hall, Trysor, 16 October 2009