Visit Trefeurig Places

Welcome to Visit Trefeurig Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Trefeurig

  

Trefeurig Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Trefeurig

---

Trefeurig history

---

The prehistoric period

There are traces of people living near Trefeurig since the New Stone Age. In 1986, archaeologists excavated a site on Gogerddan land in the triangular field between the A4159 and IBERS. There were also standing stones, round barrows, post-holes, Iron Age cremation remains, Early Medieval graves and cellular remains.

Contemporary

During the Norman invasion of northern Ceredigion in the early 12th century, Ystrad Peithyll Castle (Grid Ref SN623824) was built, and a wooden tower was placed on top of a mound surrounded with a ditch. During the Middle Ages, Trefeurig belonged to the Hundred of Penweddig.

Trefeurig geography / climate

Trefeurig is mostly open ground except for pine forests planted by Forestry Commission in 1930s. Three reservoirs and Pen-Cefn reservoir were built to supply water to the mines. There are five Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at the community, including Cwmsymlog, Mwyngloddfa Cwmystwyth, and Llechweddhelyg.

Climate

The Gogerddan Weather Monitoring Station opened in 1953, near to the present day site of IBERS. It is located in Gogurddan, Wales, near the present-day site IBERS.

You can visit Trefeurig places with Walkfo Trefeurig to hear history at Trefeurig’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Trefeurig has 29 places to visit in our interactive Trefeurig map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Trefeurig, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Trefeurig places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Trefeurig & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 29 audio facts unique to Trefeurig places in an interactive Trefeurig map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Trefeurig Places Map
29 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

---

–

Trefeurig historic spots	Trefeurig tourist destinations	Trefeurig plaques	Trefeurig geographic features
Walkfo Trefeurig tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Trefeurig

  

Best Trefeurig places to visit

---

Trefeurig has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Trefeurig’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Trefeurig’s information audio spots:

Hen Gaer Hen Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort on a hill adjacent to Bow Street, Ceredigion, Wales. Other names of the hillfort are Broncastellan and Caer Shon.

Bow Street F.C. Bow Street F.C. are based at Rhydypennau near Bow Street in Ceredigion, Wales, about 4+1/2 miles (7.2 km) north-east of Aberystwyth. The team are nicknamed the Magpies from the time when their strip was black and white stripes.

Penrhyncoch F.C. Penrhyncoch Football Club is a semi-professional football club. The club was founded in 1965 and currently play in the Cymru North the second tier of Welsh football. They have played at their current home ground, Cae Baker.

Ystrad Peithyll Ystrad Peithyll is the remains of a small 12th-century motte-and-bailey castle. The castle was attacked and destroyed by followers of Gruffydd ap Rhys in the early 12th century.

Visit Trefeurig plaques