Ponterwyd (Welsh pronunciation: [pɔntˈerʊi̯d])[citation needed] is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It lies in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales, approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of Aberystwyth on the A44 road.
History
editAt the village's heart lies Yr Hen Bont (English: The Old Bridge), a steep single-arch late 18th-century stone bridge over the Afon Rheidol river,[1] which is adjacent to a late Georgian chapel. Buildings in Ponterwyd range in date from the Georgian period to the 1980s, when a development of bungalows named 'Penlon' was added to the village. The village pub, "The George Borrow Hotel", is named after the writer George Borrow, who travelled through Wales on foot in the 1860s.
The scholar John Rhŷs was born at Ponterwyd in 1840.
Nature
editThe village is the home of Bwlch Nant yr Arian, a Natural Resources Wales centre where up to 150 red kites are fed daily.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Yr Hen Bont, Blaenrheidol". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Bwlch Nant yr Arian Forest Visitor Centre, near Aberystwyth: Red kite feeding". Natural Resources Wales. 2015. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
External links
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Ponterwyd travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Ponterwyd at Wikimedia Commons- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Penterwyd and surrounding area
52°24′42″N 3°50′24″W / 52.41167°N 3.84000°W
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