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Bakestone
A round, iron plate used in Llangadog to bake bread, oatcakes and cakes on an open fire. It has many different dialect names in Welsh: 'gradell' in north Wales and parts of Ceredigion; 'planc' in the south-west; and 'maen' or 'llechwan' in the south-east.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
59.348.111
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
diameter
(mm): 470
Width
(mm): 523
Material
iron
Location
St Fagans Y Garreg Fawr : Main room, by fireplace
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