Penparc Explained

Country:Wales
Static Image:File:Penparc - geograph.org.uk - 1475943.jpg
Static Image Caption:Penparc
Coordinates:52.1019°N -4.6125°W
Official Name:Penparc
Unitary Wales:Ceredigion
Constituency Westminster:Ceredigion Preseli
Post Town:Cardigan
Postcode District:SA43
Postcode Area:SA
Os Grid Reference:SN21175 47973

Penparc (also known as Penyparc) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, on the A487 road 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Ordovician and Silurian meta-sedimentary aquifers of central and south-west Wales . The Environment Agency. 20 April 2016. 2005. 978-1-84432-642-6.
  2. Web site: Penparc residents angry over quarry extension plans . BBC. 13 January 2011. 20 April 2016.
  3. Web site: Dyfed Archaeological Trust: Cardigan. 13 May 2018.