Country: | Wales |
Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Ceredigion |
Official Name: | Cilcennin |
Coordinates: | 52.22°N -4.17°W |
Unitary Wales: | Ceredigion |
Lieutenancy Wales: | Dyfed |
Constituency Westminster: | Ceredigion Preseli |
Postcode District: | SA48 |
Postcode Area: | SA |
Dial Code: | 01570 |
Os Grid Reference: | SN522602 |
Static Image: | Western approach to Cilcennin - geograph.org.uk - 1877933.jpg |
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Static Image Caption: | Western approach to Cilcennin |
Cilcennin is a village in the community of Ciliau Aeron, Ceredigion, west Wales. The River Aeron is to the southwest.
Cilcennin is the site of a historic slaughter in 1210, when Owain Goch ap Gruffydd and three hundred men attacked and killed soldiers from a superior English and Welsh troops' body under the command of their uncle Maelgwn ap Rhys.[1]
The church in Cilcennin is dedicated to St. Cannen, and was rebuilt in the 19th century through public contributions.[1]