Wolfdog91 6,304 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 So from a historical level when did ferreting become a thing ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,860 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 9 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: So from a historical level when did ferreting become a thing ? It didn’t actually start out how you might imagine Wolfie old chap……… 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,860 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 3 minutes ago, mackem said: It didn’t actually start out how you might imagine Wolfie old chap……… But man being an inventive creature soon turned ye tables……. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,911 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 2000 years.....Romans were doing it Wolfdog91 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,799 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: So from a historical level when did ferreting become a thing ? In Britain it probably started in the late Norman period which lasted from 1066 and petered out in a messy civil war in the late 1100s and gave way to what are known as the Plantagenate Kings in 1216 . No rabbit Warrens ( systems of artificial burrows for rearing semi free range rabbits ) are noted in the Domesday Book. This book was the result of a 1085 survey ordered by the first Norman King of England ,William The Conquerer , in order to assess the taxable assets of the population. Warrens were valuable and had they existed would have been noted. So somewhere between 1085 and the early 1200s when Warrens start to be documented ,rabbits appeared in Britain. And almost certainly the art of ferreting came with them as a way of harvesting the bunnies . Within a couple of hundred years pretty much any landowner worth his salt had a private Warren and no doubt a team of "Warreners" to oversee the rabbits welfare and harvest them using nets and ferrets. No doubt ferreting had been going-on on the Continent and Mediterranean region for a lot longer. Some ancient Roman and Greek writings touch on the subject of using what could be ferrets, or a related species for rabbit catching. Edited February 4 by comanche 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,184 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Id say in wales where the polecat is a native, probably 1000+ years ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harryshounds 789 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Rabbits been harvested and kept deliberately in certain areas and looked after by warreners since the bronze Age. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harryshounds 789 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Ferreting been around since at least the Roman age Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,860 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Pliny the elder records caesar Augustus sending viverrae to the balearic islands in 6 BC to control rabbits, it's speculated viverrae were ferrets or polecats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harryshounds 789 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Initially it was thought Romans brought rabbits to Ireland but recently it's been discovered that rabbits were brought here long before the Romans. Rabbits been in Ireland since the bronze Age at least. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 2,799 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 1 hour ago, mackem said: But man being an inventive creature soon turned ye tables……. Or in the case of these pictures it's women turning the tables 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,951 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 40 minutes ago, comanche said: In Britain it probably started in the late Norman period which lasted from 1066 and petered out in a messy civil war in the late 1100s and gave way to what are known as the Plantagenate Kings in 1216 . No rabbit Warrens ( systems of artificial burrows for rearing semi free range rabbits ) are noted in the Domesday Book. This book was the result of a 1085 survey ordered by the first Norman King of England ,William The Conquerer , in order to assess the taxable assets of the population. Warrens were valuable and had they existed would have been noted. So somewhere between 1085 and the early 1200s when Warrens start to be documented ,rabbits appeared in Britain. And almost certainly the art of ferreting came with them as a way of harvesting the bunnies . Within a couple of hundred years pretty much any landowner worth his salt had a private Warren and no doubt a team of "Warreners" to oversee the rabbits welfare and harvest them using nets and ferrets. No doubt ferreting had been going-on on the Continent and Mediterranean region for a lot longer. Some ancient Roman and Greek writings touch on the subject of using what could be ferrets, or a related species for rabbit catching. As well as employing warreners...lots of Big landowners and stately homes also had stone dove cotes...for the purpose of fattening up birds for the table.... Theres one a few hundred yards from where I grew up,as kids we climbed and played inside it...and the stately home before it was bought and rebuilt Its just come up for sale...we used to play in secret tunnels/walkways between the walls as kids....theres a tunnel that goes all the way from the manor house to the keep inside Caerphilly castle....over a mile long under roads,rivers and a moat Dovecote at Van House, Van, Caerphilly BRITISHLISTEDBUILDINGS.CO.UK Dovecote at Van House is a Grade II listed building in Van, Caerphilly, Wales. See why it was listed, view it on a map... Check out this 7 bedroom manor house for sale on Rightmove WWW.RIGHTMOVE.CO.UK 7 bedroom manor house for sale in Y Fan, Gwern Y Domen Lane, Caerphilly, CF83 for £1,975,000. Marketed by... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,951 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Wasn't it the Romans who brought them originally...1000 yrs before the Normans ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,911 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Caerphilly.....that place brings back a few memories....stood that show a good few times with my stall... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,951 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 3 minutes ago, TOMO said: Caerphilly.....that place brings back a few memories....stood that show a good few times with my stall... Was that the old T&L show,back of the aircraft factory or along the river in Machen Tomo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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