Penwyllt
Penwyllt is a hamlet located in the upper Swansea Valley in Powys, Wales, lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park. A former quarrying village, quicklime and silica brick production centre, its fortunes rose and fell as a result of the Industrial Revolution in South Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Toby Speight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dan yr Ogof and Tafarn y Garreg Inn.
Dan yr Ogof
Cave
Photo: Sloman, Public domain.
Dan yr Ogof, at the National Showcaves Centre for Wales, is a 17-kilometre long cave system in south Wales, about 5 miles north of Ystradgynlais and 15 miles southwest of Brecon, in the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pen y Cae and Coelbren.
Pen y Cae
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-cae is a village in Powys, Wales in the Brecon Beacons National Park between Abercraf and Craig-y-Nos Castle, in the community of Tawe-Uchaf. The village is mostly a linear settlement along the A4067 which runs approximately parallel to the River Tawe.
Coelbren
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coelbren is a small rural village within the community of Tawe Uchaf in southernmost Powys, Wales. It lies on the very northern edge of the South Wales Coalfield some six miles north-east of Ystradgynlais and just outside the southern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Coelbren is situated 2½ miles south of Penwyllt.
Abercraf
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abercraf is a village in Powys, Wales, in the community of Ystradgynlais and within the historic boundaries of the county of Brecknockshire. A distinct dialect of English is spoken in the village, as well as the Welsh language. Abercraf is situated 3 miles southwest of Penwyllt.
Penwyllt
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in the county of Powys, Wales
- Category: locality
- Location: Tawe-Uchaf, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.82836° or 51° 49′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.66365° or 3° 39′ 49″ westElevation
1,053 feet (321 metres)Open location code
9C3RR8HP+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 394159402OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Penwyllt” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Penwyllt”
- Dutch: “Penwyllt”
- French: “Penwyllt”
- Irish: “Penwyllt”
- Welsh: “Pen-wyllt”
- Welsh: “Penwyllt”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Penwyllt Stone Quarry and Cwm Dwr (OFD).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Penwyllt”. Photo: Toby Speight, CC BY-SA 2.0.