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FIG
31
. Rabbit at Cwm Ivy. (Harold Grenfell)
David Painter for Figures
William de Breos, by a charter of around 1317, granted to William, his huntsman, the right to hunt,
at certain times, hares, foxes and rabbits, and other wild animals and birds, throughout the whole of his
warrenofPennard,exceptinhiscuniculary,orrabbitwarren,ofPennardinthesand-burrows(
cuniculario
nostro de Pennarth in la Sanborghwys
). It seems, therefore, that there was a specially managed enclave,
wherethelordreservedtherabbitingforhimself.ThewarrenmusthavebeenlocatedinPennardBurrows
immediately southofthecastleandchurch.TherewerealsowarrensatOxwich,RhossiliandLlanmadoc.
Isaac Hamon recording that 'Here is a warren in Oxwich one at Rossilly and another at Lanmadock in
West Gower'. It is impossible to estimate when the Oxwich warren was set up, but in 1703 it is recorded
that there was a lease of 'ground and burrows called warren of Oxwich with liberty to kill rabbits' and
a further lease in 1708 concerned 'Oxwich Castle with warrens and boroughs rabbits and coneys'. The
warren still existed in 1741, but, as with its origin, it is impossible to say when it fell out of use. The
location of the Llanmadoc warren is indicated by the place name, 'The Conygaer', at the south end of
