Hafod and Lluest
The Summering of Cattle and Upland Settlement in Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5970516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elwyn Davies (0000-0002-7835-8139, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 76-96 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folk Life (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0430-8778 • E-ISSN: 1759-670X |
| Publisher | Maney Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/flk.1984.23.1.76 |
| OpenAlex | W2030880901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
The general concept of the agrarian scene in hill country and on the skirts of high moorland in medieval Wales is of a primary settlement, the hendre (lit. the old homestead) and an accessory station, the hafoty (lit. the house on, at, or of, the hafod, which was then the name of the summer grazing area).The hendre was a family settlement occupied and farmed by a kindred group (gwely), and it comprised two or three or more dwelling houses set beside their tilled land which was handed on from generation to generation according to clear rules of partible succession. There might be, in any locality, any number of family groups holding varying areas of land
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Archaeology · Ecological succession · Geography · Grazing · Moorland · Settlement (finance · Ecology · Historical Studies of British Isles · Linguistics and language evolution · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2018 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |