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At the Margins: the Dynamics of Post-Medieval Land-use and Settlement around the Farm of Sarn Faen in the Twrch Valley, Carmarthenshire

Ward, Anthony and Bowen-Evans, Muriel (2009) At the Margins: the Dynamics of Post-Medieval Land-use and Settlement around the Farm of Sarn Faen in the Twrch Valley, Carmarthenshire. In: James, Heather and Moore, Patricia, eds. Carmarthenshire & Beyond: Studies in History and Archaeology in Memory of Terry James. Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society Monograph Series, 8 . Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society, Llandybie, pp. 245-258. ISBN 978-0-906972-05-2. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:20509)

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Abstract

Historical and archaeological evidence illustrate the emergence, development and decline of an upland farm, Sarn Faen, on the Black Mountain, Carmarthenshire. It is likley that transhumant exploitation of valued grazing and associated transient settlement led to the enclosure of commonland and the creation of a hill farm at the limits of viablity, perhaps in the late seventeenth and the early eighteeenth century. Viability was sustained with the advent of opportunities for complementary industrial and agricultutal employment in the nineteenth centruy. It appears the farm had ceased to be occupied before the Second World War.

Item Type: Book section
Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages
Depositing User: Anthony Ward
Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2011 10:41 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:58 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/20509 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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