Penparc

Penparc (also known as Penyparc) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, on the A487 road 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Cardigan.

Key Information

Penparc
Penparc
Penparc Location within Ceredigion
OS grid reference	SN21175 47973
Principal area	Ceredigion
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cardigan
Postcode district	SA43
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Ceredigion Preseli
List of places UK Wales Ceredigion 52°06′07″N 4°36′45″W / 52.101866°N 4.612508°W / 52.101866; -4.612508
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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]

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

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