I mentioned a covert import trade earlier on and I'm sure you will have realised that I was referring to smuggling. Pwlldu can be considered remote even today but it was more so in the 18th century. So many local people were involved in smuggling in both a direct way (bringing it in) and an indirect way (consuming it) that it was very difficult for the excise man to catch the perpetrators. In geographical terms Swansea was no further away from Pwlldu than it is now but its remoteness and the close communities nearby must have been like castle walls. There were, and probably still are many large and hidden cellars in the local houses. In modern times there is a secret buyer, someone who travels an area visiting shops and sampling the effectiveness of the staff. In the 18th century they had secret cellars, giving the opportunity of a completely different kind of sampling! Tee hee!
Next to Caswell Bay there is a place called Brandy Cove. I wonder why?