Pont-rhyd-y-groes explained

Country:Wales
Welsh Name:Pont-rhyd-y-groes
Official Name:Pont-rhyd-y-groes
Coordinates:52.3382°N -3.849°W
Unitary Wales:Ceredigion
Lieutenancy Wales:Dyfed
Constituency Westminster:Ceredigion Preseli
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Ceredigion
Post Town:YSTRAD MEURIG
Postcode District:SY25
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01974
Os Grid Reference:SN740727
Cardiff Distance Mi:90
Cardiff Distance:SE
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Static Image Caption:Pont-Rhyd-y-groes, the bridge over the Ystwyth.

Pont-rhyd-y-groes (also known as Pontrhydygroes, English: the bridge of the ford of the cross) is a village near Cwm Ystwyth and Pont ar Fynach (Devil's Bridge), in Ceredigion, Wales. The village takes its name from the bridge (Welsh: pont) and (earlier) ford (Welsh: rhyd) over the River Ystwyth.

The area used to be dominated by the mining industry, in particular by the Lisburnes. The miners' bridge across the Ystwyth gorge and the waterfall have been rebuilt.

The remnants of the Fron Goch mines, which mined lead and zinc from ca. 1760 until ca. 1903, are situated approximately miles (km) north of the village.[1]

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  1. http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~lizcolin/w_frongo.htm Fron Goch Mine