Maesybont
Maesybont is a small village near Gorslas in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. The community consists of a Welsh chapel with graveyard and several homes. The houses are widely dispersed, with an average of 1-acre of land apiece.Photo: John Duckfield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Wales
- Also known as: “Maes-y-bont”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn Llech Owain and Dryslwyn Castle.
Llyn Llech Owain
Reservoir
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Llech Owain is a shallow lake with an area of 3.5 hectares which gives its name to the country park in which it sits, it is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest which was designated in 1993.
Dryslwyn Castle
Ruins
Dryslwyn Castle is a native Welsh castle, sited on a rocky hill roughly halfway between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in Wales. It stands on high ground overlooking the Tywi Valley with extensive views. Dryslwyn Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Maesybont.
Carmel transmitting station
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Carmel transmitting station, located half a mile SSW of the village of Carmel in Carmarthenshire, has been broadcasting terrestrial TV and radio services since the mid-1970s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carmel and Gorslas.
Carmel
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carmel is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales near the village of Cross Hands. Carmel is on the A476 and is approximately halfway between Crosshands and Llandeilo.
Gorslas
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gorslas is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, located on the A476 road northwest of Cross Hands. The village population at the 2011 census was 4,066. Gorslas is situated 2 miles south of Maesybont.
Foelgastell
Village
Photo: Alan Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foelgastell is a village and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, west Wales. The village has seen much new building of comparatively expensive housing over the past two decades and is within the electoral ward of Gorslas to the west of the social housing area of Cefneithin. Foelgastell is situated 2 miles southwest of Maesybont.
Maesybont
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.83016° or 51° 49′ 49″ northLongitude
-4.08085° or 4° 4′ 51″ westElevation
653 feet (199 metres)Open location code
9C3QRWJ9+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1003316008OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Maesybont” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Maes-y-bont”
- Dutch: “Maesybont”
- French: “Maesybont”
- Irish: “Maes-y-bont”
- Welsh: “Maes-y-bont”
- Welsh: “Maesybont”
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