Ducie Hood <dhood44@bigpond.net.au> wrote: These are the farms [near Nantmel]: Caemeriol Farm, Rhiwgoch Farm, Hirfon Cottage ===================== Dear Dulcie, Rhiw-goch is shown on modern Ordnance Survey 'Explorer' maps at grid reference SO055677. Cae-meiriol is less than a kilometre to the southeast, at SO061671. Hirfron Cottage is at SO048659, about 1 km south of Rhiw-goch. You can access the relevant 2-kilometre square section of a large scale Ordnance Survey map on the Get-A-Map website http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/frames.htm In the search section near the top left of the Get-A-Map webpage, enter SO056667 into the search field and click the GO button. Use the zoom control buttons to the middle left of the map to zoom in to a 2 km x 2 km section of a 1:25,000 scale 'Explorer' map showing all three of the properties you have named. Rhiw-goch is centre top; Hirfron Cottage is bottom left; Cae-meiriol is centre right. Zoom out to obtain a smaller scale map which will show the area in relation to nearby towns and villages. The fact that all three places are identified by name on a modern map suggests the buildings still exist. If they are derelict, they have possibly only recently have become so. I do not know if any of these places has been photographed, or whether any Powys Listers would be prepared to undertake such a project. My own photographic service is on hold at present, until my house sale and move are completed (www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/cmsng.htm). Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) mailing lists

Dear John I visited these three sites today, Caemeriol Farm and Hirfon Cottage are still very much occupied, but sadly, Rhiwgoch Farm lies drelict in the middle of conifer plantation. I spoke with the farmer at Lower Rhymney and he told me that Rhiwgoch had been empty since the early nineteen sixties and he remembered playing there as a child. Unfortunately, there remain only foundations and overgrown low walls, and due to the low light levels within the plantation photography was impossible. Regards Pat James ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ball" <john@jlb2005.plus.com> To: <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [POWYS] Farms in Nantmel, RAD > Ducie Hood <dhood44@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > These are the farms [near Nantmel]: > Caemeriol Farm, Rhiwgoch Farm, Hirfon Cottage > ===================== > > Dear Dulcie, > > Rhiw-goch is shown on modern Ordnance Survey 'Explorer' maps at grid > reference SO055677. > Cae-meiriol is less than a kilometre to the southeast, at SO061671. > Hirfron Cottage is at SO048659, about 1 km south of Rhiw-goch. > > You can access the relevant 2-kilometre square section of a large scale > Ordnance Survey map on the Get-A-Map website > http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/frames.htm > In the search section near the top left of the Get-A-Map webpage, enter > SO056667 into the search field and click the GO button. Use the zoom > control buttons to the middle left of the map to zoom in to a 2 km x 2 km > section of a 1:25,000 scale 'Explorer' map showing all three of the > properties you have named. Rhiw-goch is centre top; Hirfron Cottage is > bottom left; Cae-meiriol is centre right. > > Zoom out to obtain a smaller scale map which will show the area in > relation to nearby towns and villages. > > The fact that all three places are identified by name on a modern map > suggests the buildings still exist. If they are derelict, they have > possibly only recently have become so. > > I do not know if any of these places has been photographed, or whether any > Powys Listers would be prepared to undertake such a project. My own > photographic service is on hold at present, until my house sale and move > are completed (www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/cmsng.htm). > > Kind regards, > > John > > -------------------- > John Ball, Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK > E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com > John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/ > Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/walespic/ > Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/wales/ > > GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ > Joint Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) mailing lists > > > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: > www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >