Pen-y-garn

Pen-y-garn is a locality in Tirymynach, Ceredigion, Wales. Pen-y-garn is situated nearby to the hamlet Rhydypennau, as well as near the village Bow Street.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bow Street railway station and Hen Gaer.

Bow Street railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bow Street is a railway station on the Cambrian Line, which runs between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth or Pwllheli. The station, situated 4 miles 30 chains north-east of Aberystwyth, serves the villages of Bow Street and Pen-y-garn in Ceredigion, Wales.

Hen Gaer

Archaeological site

Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hen Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort, on a hill adjacent to and east of Bow Street, Ceredigion, Wales. Other names of the hillfort are Broncastellan and Caer Shon.

Castell Gwallter

Archaeological site

Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castell Gwallter, also known as Walter's Castle and sometimes Castell Penweddig, is the remains of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle situated on a large hill above the old village of Llandre in northern Ceredigion, Wales, four miles northeast of Aberystwyth.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhydypennau and Bow Street.

Rhydypennau

Hamlet

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Rhydypennau is a hamlet in the Genau'r-glyn district of Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 4+1⁄2 miles north-east of Aberystwyth. Along with the village of Pen-y-garn, Rhydypennau is now often considered to be part of the neighbouring village of Bow Street.

Bow Street

Village

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Bow Street is a large village in the Tirymynach district of Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 3.5 miles north-east of Aberystwyth. As well as Bow Street itself, it is now often considered to include the neighbouring smaller village of Pen-y-garn and the hamlet of Rhydypennau.

Dole

Hamlet

Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dole is a small village in the community of Tirymynach, Ceredigion, Wales. Dole is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and the Member of Parliament is Ben Lake. It was the home of Baron Elystan Morgan of Aberteifi until his death on 7 July 2021.

Pen-y-garn

Type: Locality
Location: Tirymynach, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.44918° or 52° 26′ 57″ north

Longitude

-4.02271° or 4° 1′ 22″ west

Elevation

151 feet (46 metres)

Open location code

9C4QCXXG+MW

GeoNames ID

12265051

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