Penparc
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Penparc | |
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Penparc | |
Location within Ceredigion | |
OS grid reference | SN21175 47973 |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cardigan |
Postcode district | SA43 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Penparc (also known as Penyparc) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, on the A487 road 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Cardigan.
The surrounding land is principally used for cattle grazing although the significant glacial sand deposits[1] are also commercially used as a source of sand and gravel.[2]
To the east of the village, near a prominent conical hill, is the site of the Battle of Crug Mawr, fought in 1136.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Ordovician and Silurian meta-sedimentary aquifers of central and south-west Wales" (PDF). The Environment Agency. 2005. ISBN 978-1-84432-642-6. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "Penparc residents angry over quarry extension plans". BBC. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "Dyfed Archaeological Trust: Cardigan". Retrieved 13 May 2018.