Historical background
The steep wooded slopes of Coed Dolgarrog have probably been
commercially exploited since at least monastic times. A ‘Coyde
Imynoghe' (Coed y Mynach) was one of the parcels of land offered
for sale after the dissolution, and documents from the reign
of Elizabeth I refer to the timber in the vicinity of Maenan
Abbey. A timber saw-mill was established in 1855 near the foot
of the Afon Ddu falls. A pandy (fulling mill) was in existence
here by the sixteenth century, possibly since monastic times,
and a textile factory was established here in 1808.
Key historic landscape characteristics
Ancient woodland, water management features, path
An east-facing slope, covered with broad-leaved woodland.
A number of features connected with twentieth-century water-catchment
survive, including leats, pipelines and the course of a service
railway. The zigzag pathway through the southern part of the
area from Pont Dolgarrog may be monastic in origin.
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