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Twyni Mawr

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NPRN506540
Map ReferenceSN69SW
Grid ReferenceSN6056093470
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityBorth
Type Of SiteRABBIT WARREN
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The map of Cors Fochno compiled by T Lewis in 1790 shows the placename 'Warren Point' immediately behind the shingle ridge at the back of the beach. Further references to the rabbit warren are found in Sales Particulars dating to 1866, when it is described as 'one of the best rabbit warrens in the pincipality extending over nearly 100 acres; and an abundance of partidge, snipe and wildfowl'. At that time, the warren was associated with Ty Canol farmstead. The warren is again mentioned in association with Ty Gwyn farm in 1887 when the 'warren and pasture' is divided in to 5 parcels (70 acres, 11 acres, 28 acres, 61 acres, 52 acres). In 1910, the shooting rights over all of the Ynyslas Estate, including the warren, were let to a Mr Williams for £110 per annum.

Sources include:
Cardiganshire Sale Catalogue 50 (date 1879), National Library of Wales
Cardiganshire Sale Catalogue 51 (date 1910), National Library of Wales
Cardiganshire Sale Catalogue 200, National Library of Wales
Lewis, T, 1790, Map of the Cors Fochno, National Library of Wales
Longeuville Sale Catalogue 145 (date 1881), National Library of Wales

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, January 2010