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This is a photograph of an old Drover's road, which could be seen from the Woodland Walk above The Stables in Talley.
The drovers, or porthmon brought cattle, sheep and fowl across west Wales to a major assembly point at Caio before heading east for London. Their history demonstrates that they had a major influence on the emergence of banking and the early industrial revolution relied on them to be able to feed the new centres of industry. Droving started perhaps in Norman times, and ended with the coming of the railways. Two Talley walking maps show a “Fordd Porthmon”, drovers road, coming from Abergorlech towards Talley and another beginning at Caio. As there were toll gates on all six roads in and out of Llansawel, the drovers coming from Abergorlech avoided paying any tolls by coming over the mountains to Talley on their way to Caio.
Through constant use, drover's routes became trenches about 15 feet wide. When the larch trees above Talley were felled in 2016 you could suddenly see a 15 foot wide track which joins up with a previously visible section. So now you can pick up the drovers road from Abergorlech, over Mynydd Cynos and join it up to the track descending down to behind Talley House. But where did it go next? The land around this area has been altered over the years but there is a tradition that the drovers came down a track besides Rhoslyn. There are still the remains of a trackway visible but it is very overgrown.
It was said by some locals that the buildings opposite Moelfre Lodge, above the lower lake, included a shop where drovers could buy supplies. It was also said that the Lodge marks a crossroads. One track goes down to a ford across the Cothi river. Once across the river the drovers tracked towards Caio to join up with the section of drovers road shown on the County map.

An abridged version of an article in Y Llychau, the parish magazine.

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