Dôl-y-bont
Dol-y-bont is a village in Ceredigion, Wales; It lies near Borth, to the north of Llandre. Dôl is Welsh for "meadow", Pont is Welsh for "bridge". The village was the birthplace of Welsh bard and scholar Dewi Teifi, and the retirement location of British physicist C.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Ceredigion, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Dol-y-bont”, “Dol-y-Bont”, and “Dôl-y-Bont”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castell Gwallter and Henllys.
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.
Henllys
Dwelling
Henllys is a small village in the community of Genau'r-glyn, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 77.5 miles from Cardiff and 178.5 miles from London. Henllys is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and is part of the Ceredigion Preseli constituency in the House of Commons.
Borth Animalarium
Zoo
Borth Animalarium, formerly known as Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, is a zoo, located in the seaside Welsh town of Borth, 7 miles north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Mid Wales. It occupies 12 acres and in 2015 had some 27,000 visitors.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penybont and Llandre.
Penybont
Hamlet
Penybont is a small village in the community of Genau'r-glyn, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 77.6 miles from Cardiff and 178.8 miles from London. Penybont is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and is part of the Ceredigion Preseli constituency in the House of Commons.
Llandre
Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Llandre, or Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It lies 5 miles north of Aberystwyth in the north-west of the county, on the road from Rhydypennau to Borth.
Taigwynion
Hamlet
Taigwynion is a hamlet 1 km ENE of Llandre in Ceredigion, Wales. It has 11 houses and a postcode of its own, SY24 5AG.
Dôl-y-bont
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Geneu’r Glyn, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.47293° or 52° 28′ 23″ northLongitude
-4.02735° or 4° 1′ 38″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C4QFXFF+53OpenStreetMap ID
node 353250856OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Dôl-y-bont” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dôl-y-bont”
- Breton: “Dôl-y-bont”
- Czech: “Dôl-y-bont”
- Dutch: “Dol-y-bont”
- Dutch: “Dôl-y-bont”
- French: “Dôl-y-bont”
- German: “Dôl-y-bont”
- Irish: “Dôl-y-bont”
- Polish: “Dôl-y-bont”
- Welsh: “Dôl-y-bont”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coed Cilolwg and Coed Glan leri.
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