{"id":29,"date":"2015-10-10T16:17:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaenpennal.org.uk\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2015-11-25T11:15:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T11:15:18","slug":"buildings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blaenpennal.org.uk\/en\/buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The buildings on Mynydd Bach represent a record of the skills of the builders and the history of the residents and their lifestyles, showing that the majority of the population lived on a modest<\/p>\n

Villages had to be self-sufficient, and this is demonstrated by the variety of tradesmen and women working there including farmers, blacksmiths, carpenters, millers, cloth and felt producers, tailors, teachers, religious ministers, leather-goods makers, builders, quarrymen and drovers.<\/p>\n

It has been said that the two most important buildings in a village were the chapel (or church) and the mill. The chapel sustained the soul with prayer and song; the mill sustained the body with flour and clothing.<\/p>\n

The most well-known buildings in the area were the tai unnos \u2014 houses built in one night, and possibly the basis of some houses of a later date. Early settlers would have sought a clean water supply, so springs on Mynydd Bach would have determined where buildings were established; some holy springs were said to have healing powers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The buildings on Mynydd Bach represent a record of the skills of the builders and the history of the residents and their lifestyles, showing that the majority of the population lived on a modest Villages had to be self-sufficient, and this is demonstrated by the variety of tradesmen and women working there including farmers, blacksmiths, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":70,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t