Mwnt
Mwnt is an ancient parish in Ceredigion, Wales, 4.5 miles north of Cardigan. The Wales Coast Path passes through this very small settlement. It gets its name from the prominent steep conical hill, a landmark from much of Cardigan Bay, that rises above the beach to a height of 76 m, and was formerly anglicised as Mount.Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: small community and ancient parish in south Ceredigion, Wales
- Also known as: “Mwnt, Ceredigion, Wales” and “Y Mwnt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Holy Cross and Foel-y-Mwnt.
Church of the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of the Holy Cross at Mwnt, Ceredigion, Wales, is a parish church and Grade I listed building dating probably from the 13th century.
Cardigan Island
Islet
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cardigan Island is an uninhabited island north of Cardigan, Ceredigion, south-west Wales. It reaches a height of 52 metres a.s.l., and 38 acres in area. Cardigan Island is situated 2 miles west of Mwnt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pen-rhiw and Gwbert.
Pen-rhiw
Hamlet
Pen-rhiw is a hamlet in the community of Y Ferwig, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 74.8 miles from Cardiff and 195.2 miles from London. Pen-rhiw is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and is part of the Ceredigion Preseli constituency in the House of Commons. Pen-rhiw is situated 2½ miles southeast of Mwnt.
Gwbert
Village
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwbert, also known as Gwbert-on-Sea, is a cliff-top coastal village in Y Ferwig community, Ceredigion, Wales. It lies at the most southerly coastal point of Ceredigion, on the eastern shore of the Teifi estuary, from where there are views westwards over Cardigan Bay, and south-westwards to Poppit Sands and the headland of Cemaes Head, in neighbouring Pembrokeshire. Gwbert is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mwnt.
Penparc
Village
Photo: Cered, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penparc is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, on the A487 road 3 miles northeast of Cardigan. The surrounding land is principally used for cattle grazing although the significant glacial sand deposits are also commercially used as a source of sand and gravel. Penparc is situated 2½ miles south of Mwnt.
Mwnt
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Y Ferwig, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.13673° or 52° 8′ 12″ northLongitude
-4.63843° or 4° 38′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C4Q49P6+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 6436878544OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q6944752
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Mwnt” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mwnt”
- Breton: “Mwnt”
- Dutch: “Mwnt”
- French: “Mwnt”
- Irish: “Mwnt”
- Italian: “Mwnt”
- Welsh: “Mwnt”
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Highlights include Beach Panorama and Mwnt Beach.
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