Mynydd-y-Garreg explained

Country:Wales
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Llanelli
Official Name:Mynydd-y-garreg
Unitary Wales:Carmarthenshire
Static Image Name:St Teilo's Church - Mynyddygarreg - geograph.org.uk - 1259684.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Teilo's Church, Mynyddygarreg
Community Wales:Kidwelly
Lieutenancy Wales:Dyfed
Constituency Westminster:Llanelli
Post Town:KIDWELLY
Postcode District:SA17
Postcode Area:SA
Dial Code:01554
Os Grid Reference:SN427081

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

Mynydd-y-Garreg is in the Kidwelly community and shares with it a mayor and an elected council, Kidwelly Town Council.

Transport

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

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

Fossil remains

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]

External links

51.7499°N -4.2794°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mynyddygarreg.amdro.org.uk/ Minimal information in Welsh and English. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/libraries-archives/mobile-libraries/trimsaran-mynyddygarreg-ferryside/ Mobile library service. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. https://www.stmaryskidwelly.org.uk/index.php?id=4 Parish site. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/St-Teilo/ History of Wales site. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. https://mynydd-y-garreg.rfc.wales/find-us Team page. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. Web site: This is the Website for Carmarthen Branch CAMRA . 2008-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006181724/http://carmarthencamra.mysite.orange.co.uk/ . 2008-10-06.
  7. https://whatpub.com/pubs/CAT/203/prince-of-wales-mynydd-y-garreg Pub entry. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. https://biography.wales/article/s2-BEYN-TOM-1886?&query=Tom%20Beynon&searchType=nameSearch&lang=en&sort=sort_name&order=asc&rows=12&page=1 Welsh Biography. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. News: Street name honours Gravell. 26 July 2003.
  10. Web site: Scarlets stadium tribute to Ray. 15 August 2009.
  11. Web site: MAGIC Map Application . DEFRA MAGIC Map . DEFRA.
  12. Web site: Site of Special Scientific Interest, Carmarthenshire, Smarts Quarry . Natural Resources Wales.

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