Coed Pencwm

Places of Interest

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.

Saint John’s Church

Church

Photo: Jason.nlw, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ystrad Peithyll

Castle

Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ystrad Peithyll is the remains of a small 12th-century motte-and-bailey castle on the River Peithyll, near Penrhyn-coch in northern Ceredigion, Wales. The castle was attacked and destroyed by followers of Gruffydd ap Rhys in the early 12th century.

Places in the Area

Borth

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Borth is a village of 1,400 people in Ceredigion. It lies on the coast 7 miles north of Aberystwyth. The village is the quintessential British seaside resort, with mixed sand and stony beach, sea wall, pubs and shops selling plastic buckets and spades.

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.

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.

Coed Pencwm

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