This excellent map dots each location throughout Cymru containing the name “pandy”, the Welsh word for a fulling mill.
For those unaware, fulling mills and fulling is an essential aspect of the woollen cloth making process (undoubtedly one of our oldest industries within Cymru). It involves cleaning and milling woven cloth – producing a material that of a thicker density, making the cloth warmer and, sometimes, water repellent.
(Image Credits: the excellent Newtown Textile Museum)
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