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NOTES AND REFERENCES IC.P.R., 1281, p. 371. 21. J. Sanders, "The Boroughs of Aberystwyth and Cardigan in the Early Four- teenth-Century", B.B.C.S., XV, pp. 289-93. For a discussion on some of the content of this survey, see also I. J. Sanders "Trade and Industry in Some Cardiganshire Towns in the Middle Ages", Ceredigion, 1959, pp. 319-336. 3Sanders, op. cit. B.B.C.S., XV, p. 284 note 1. It is evident that Sanders thought (incorrectly) that the gate at the north of the town stood at the junction of Pendre and Feidr Fair, as he wrongly placed the cross at the junction of High Street and Priory Street, which would have doubled the size of the walled area. Although this largely invalidates his arguments for placing the gate names in the positions, the present author feels that the most likely position for the Wolf Gate is in St. Mary Street. 4William Rees, map of South Wales and the Border in the 14th Century (1932). 5Father Cunnane has pointed out however that an early print shows this opening' served by a set of stone steps which would have limited it to foot traffic. 81 has been suggested by Sanders and others that it is derived from a Welsh cor- ruption of mill-dam, but the Latin derivation is more likely. 7By Sian Jones in Benson, et. al., Medieval and Later Pottery in Wales, 1, 1978, pp. 26- 39- 8For the latter see D. Maynard, "Excavations in Cardigan Volk's Bakery, 1975", Ceredigion, VII, 3/4, 1974-5, pp. 350-4. It is hoped to publish the Carmarthen pottery in a forthcoming issue of Med. and Later Pottery in Wales. 9 Ibid. Some of the "Gwbert" ware from the Woolworth site has patchy green brown external glazing. 10R.C.A.H.M., Caernarfonshire Inventory, (1960), Vol. II, p. 152. nIn the survey of 1300 Walter Blakeny, the constable of Cardigan Castle, held a burgage et pro duobus capitibus domus, for which he paid an additional 8d. The precise meaning of this is unknown, but since it follows the entry for the burgage immediately adjacent to Bartholomew gate this may refer to the mural tower, which was sited close to the town gate. 12T. James, Carmarthen An Archaeological and Topographical Survey (1980) p. 53.