Tourist's guide to visit Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion

Visit Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion – things to do & explore

Overview of Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion history & facts by Walkfo

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Pen-y-garn is a small village in the Tirymynach district of Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Aberystwyth. Along with the hamlet of Rhydypennau, Pen-y-garn is now often considered to be part of the neighbouring larger village of Bow Street. All three places stretch in a long narrow strip along the main Aberystwyth to Machynlleth road (A487). As well as the houses on the main road from Cross Street (Y Lon Groes) up to Ysgol Rhydypennau, Pen-y-garn also includes the housing estates of Maes Ceiro, Bryn Meillion, Maes y Garn and Cae’r Odyn.

Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion history

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Toponymy

Pen-y-garn (head of the cairn) derives its name from its proximity to a former Bronze Age cairn known as Carn Maelgwyn, which is believed to have once stood near the present Capel y Garn somewhere in the vicinity of what is now Maes Ceiro (formerly known as Cae Dôlmaelgwyn). The cairn is remembered in the house names of ‘Maelgwyn House’ and ‘Llys Maelgwyn’. It appears to have been destroyed in the eighteenth-century, when its stone seems to have been plundered for work on the nearby turnpike road (now represented by the A487).

Archaeology

On the hill overlooking Pen-y-garn, called Foel Goch, is Caergywydd farm. John Graham Williams claimed that the hill was the site of a small hillfort connected with the larger nearby Iron Age hillfort of Hen Gaer. But his claims with regard to this have not been substantiated, and appear to be based solely on the name of the farm and its position, as well as a misplaced belief that the first element of this was the Welsh word ‘caer’ meaning ‘a fort’. However the earliest available attestations of the farm name are in the form ‘Cae’r Gowydd’, where the words ‘cae’r’ means ‘the field’ and not ‘a fort’. Neither was the original farm on its present location. Rather it was actually some distance down the slopes of the hill on the north side of the Aberystwyth to Machynlleth road, near to Bow Street brook, and its name is probably connected with this location instead of that of the current farmhouse.

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When you visit Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion

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Best Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion places to visit

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Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion has hundreds of places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are five of Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion’s best destinations to visit when exploring the area. We have condensed the information with much more detail available within Walkfo when you visit the destinations.

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Things to do & visit in Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion and surrounding areas

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Getting to / around Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion – transport links, stations, streets & traffic map

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Getting around in Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion using public transportation may include roads, streets, trains, undergrounds, buses or trams. Walkfo has the following important Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion public transport locations with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:

Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion Notable Public Transport Stations		Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion Notable Streets & Roads

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