Mynydd-y-Garreg
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| Mynydd-y-garreg | |
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 St Teilo's Church, Mynyddygarreg | |
| OS grid reference | SN427081 |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KIDWELLY |
| Postcode district | SA17 |
| Dialling code | 01554 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Mynydd-y-Garreg or Mynyddygarreg ("The mountain of the stone") is a village in the county of Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It borders the historic town of Kidwelly.
Governance[edit]
Mynydd-y-Garreg is in the Kidwelly community and shares with it a mayor and an elected council, Kidwelly Town Council.
Transport[edit]
By road, the village lies 1 km from the A484, which connects Llanelli and Carmarthen. For rail travel, Kidwelly railway station lies 4 km (2.5 miles) away by road. It provides a two-hourly daytime service on Mondays to Saturdays. Some trains reach as far as London and Manchester.
Bus services through Kidwelly provide links to Llanelli, Carmarthen, Swansea and other places.
Amenities[edit]
The village has a Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Mynydd-y-Garreg School.[1]
The county mobile library service visits the village every Wednesday between 11.30 and 12.30.[2]
The Bro Cydweli LMA group parish of the Church in Wales provides a bilingual afternoon service on the first and third Sundays of the month at St Teilo's Church, Mynyddygarreg.[3] Saint Teilo (c. 500 – 9 c. 560) was a 6th-century British monk and early Welsh saint from Pembrokeshire.[4]
The village has a local rugby union team called Mynydd-y-Garreg RFC. It offers training facilities and a playing field with a clubhouse.[5]
The public house in the village, the Prince of Wales, had been recognised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide. Nonetheless, it had to close in 2017.[6][7]
Notable residents[edit]
- Tom Beynon (1886–1961), a Presbyterian minister, author and noted historian; born and grew up in Mynydd-y-Garreg.[8]
- Leslie Williams (1922–2006), a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer
- Gordon Lewis (born 1936), a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer with over 400 club caps
- Ray Gravell (1951–2007), Welsh national rugby union player; a road there was named after him,[9] and after his death a sculpture erected in his honour at the Llanelli Scarlets' stadium Parc y Scarlets, where it stands on a plinth of stone quarried from the village.[10]
Fossil remains[edit]
Smarts Quarry, half a mile to the east of the village, is a 2.6 ha Site of Special Scientific Interest notable for its quartzite fossil remains.[11][12]
References[edit]
- ^ Minimal information in Welsh and English. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ Mobile library service. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Parish site. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ History of Wales site. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Team page. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "This is the Website for Carmarthen Branch CAMRA". Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
- ^ Pub entry. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Welsh Biography. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Street name honours Gravell". 26 July 2003.
- ^ "Scarlets stadium tribute to Ray". 15 August 2009.
- ^ "MAGIC Map Application". DEFRA MAGIC Map. DEFRA.
- ^ "Site of Special Scientific Interest, Carmarthenshire, Smarts Quarry" (PDF). Natural Resources Wales.
External links[edit]
- Photographs of Mynydd-y-Garreg and surrounding area from the www.geograph.org.uk site
51°45′00″N 4°16′46″W / 51.7499°N 4.2794°W
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