Fields

No. on plan	DESCRIPTION	Quantity
		A	R	P
574	Creigiau Mawr House, Outbuildings, Yard Stackyard, Gardens, etc.	0	2	19
595	Cae Crin	4	2	22
576	Cae Ffrachen	1	3	7
572	Cae Ffynnon	2	2	8
573	Cae Lloiau	0	3	4
558	Ponciau Bach	3	3	3
561	Ponciau Felin and Cattle Shed	6	1	34
562	Ponciau Felin Canol	3	3	3
542	Ponciau Felin Bach	0	3	32
543	Cae Cwmmiog	5	0	16
544	Bron y Fynwent	4	0	23
545	Cae Ponciau	9	3	2
546	Rhyddid and Cattle Shed	4	1	13
554	Cae Ffront	7	2	26
555	Rhos	1	0	6
547	Pool (part of)	1	0	3
536	Cae Mawr	6	0	11
528	Cae Trefarthen	6	1	37
512	Trefarthen Cottage and Garden with Llain Bach	0	2	2
	Total Area	79	1	18

THIS DESIRABLE FARM

Comprises some good Arable and Pasture Land, and very useful Rough Pasture Enclosures and is conveniently placed within easy reach of the village of Llanfechell

Caerdegog

At one time, the parish of Llanfechell was divided into two units, Llanfechell Caerdegog a Llanfechell Llawr y Llan.

Gweirydd ap Rhys Goch, leader of one of the fifteen tribes of Wales lived here, during the reign of Edward 3rd.

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Coat of Arms of Gweirydd ap Rhys Goch, Caerdegog

A century and a half ago Owen Williams, the tenant at the time, challenged two powerful landowners on Anglesey. He won a court action against them. To celebrate his victory he lit a bonfire on the farm land. To this day, that field is called Cae Coelcerth (Bonfire Field)

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Interesting facts by looking at the maps and field names

We marvelled at the accuracy of the maps and the skilful handwriting in recording the names.
Even though the documents were in English, it was good to see that nearly all the field names were in Welsh.
llain,’ ‘rhos’, ‘ponc’, ‘parc’ and ‘waen’ were used as well as ‘cae’ to denote field
A lot of the names are common to most of the farms e.g. Cae Dan Tŷ (below the house), Cae Pwll (pond), Cae Chwarel (quarry), Cae Capel (Chapel), Cae Ffynnon (well). They don’t need an explanation
Animal names werw used e.g. Cae Creigiau Cathod (cats’ rock), Cae Stalwyn (stallion) at Beudy Gwyn and Sarn. Cae’r Wylan Frech ( mottled seagull) at Carrog
Naming field after people e.g. Llain Margaret, Llain Robin ( Carreg Drosffordd)
Using words that are not used by now.
e.e. lleurad: lleudir – land bare of woods, ( Carrog)
llepan: lick (Tyddyn Waen)
There was a lot of common land at Mynydd Mechell
Biblical references e.g. Gardd Eden (Garden of Eden) - Dymchwa
Archaeological references e.g. Cae Siamber (Chamber) - Carrog, Cae Tair Carreg (three stones)- Bodorwedd
Evidence of superstition e.g. Cae’r Bwgan ( bogey) – Coeden, Cae’r Wrach (witch) - Pen y Bont
Names that have changed over time e.g Bryn Celynni (Bryn Clyni)
Llanddugwel (Llanddygfael), Barn Hill (Baron Hill), Sarn Crwban ( Sarn)
Different ways of spelling words e.g. cilagwydd (clagwydd) Welsh for gander, eiryn (eirin) Welsh for plums

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