Corlannau'r Carneddau/ Sheepfolds of the Carneddau (Sgwrs gan Nigel Beidas)

For English language description , please scroll down : This talk will be conducted through the medium of English with a bi lingual Q and A afterwards

Mae dros 3,000 o corlannau defaid ar draws gogledd-orllewin Cymru, ond dim ond tua 100 ohonynt sydd yn gorlannau cymunedol mawr y mae ffermwyr wedi'u defnyddio i ddosbarthu'r llwyth o ddefaid sy'n pori ar y mynyddoedd dros yr haf. Mae'r sgwrs hon yn edrych ar sut mae'r corlannau mawr hyn yn gweithio, pryd, pam a ble y codwyd hwy a sut maent yn ffitio i hanes a diwylliant ffermio mynyddoedd Cymru - ac hefyd sut y maent yn gysylltiedig ag ynys oddi ar arfordir Croatia. Mae llawer ohonynt bellach yn ddirywio a adfeilio ond byddwn yn gorffen y sgwrs trwy weld sut y defnyddir rhai ohonynt hyd heddiw, gan barhau'r patrwm a'r rhythm o gasglu defaid o'r mynyddoedd sydd wedi mynd yn ôl dros 300 mlynedd.

There are over 3,000 sheepfolds across north west Wales, but only around 100 of these are the very large, communal, folds that farmers have used to sort the flocks of sheep that graze on the mountains over the summer. This talk looks at how these large folds work, when, why and where they were built and how they fit into the history and culture of welsh hill farming - and also how they are linked to an island off Croatia. Many of them are now falling into disrepair but we will finish the talk by seeing how some are still used today, continuing the pattern and rhythm of gathering sheep from the hills that goes back over 300 years