Mynydd-y-Garreg

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Mynydd-y-garreg
St Teilo's Church - Mynyddygarreg - geograph.org.uk - 1259684.jpg
St Teilo's Church, Mynyddygarreg
OS grid referenceSN427081
Community
Principal area
Ceremonial county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIDWELLY
Postcode districtSA17
Dialling code01554
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
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UK
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Carmarthenshire

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[]

  • The Presbyterian minister, author and noted historian Tom Beynon (1886–1961), was born and grew up in Mynydd-y-Garreg.[8]
  • The village was home to the Welsh national rugby union legend Ray Gravell (1951–2007). A road there was named after him,[9] and after his death a sculpture erected in his honour at the Llanelli Scarlets' stadium Parc y Scarlets, where it stands on a plinth of stone quarried from the village.[10]

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]

References[]

  1. ^ Minimal information in Welsh and English. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ Mobile library service. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ Parish site. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ History of Wales site. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ Team page. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Pub entry. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. ^ Welsh Biography. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Street name honours Gravell". 26 July 2003.
  10. ^ "Scarlets stadium tribute to Ray". 15 August 2009.
  11. ^ "MAGIC Map Application". DEFRA MAGIC Map. DEFRA.
  12. ^ "Site of Special Scientific Interest, Carmarthenshire, Smarts Quarry" (PDF). Natural Resources Wales.

External links[]

Coordinates: 51°45′00″N 4°16′46″W / 51.7499°N 4.2794°W / 51.7499; -4.2794

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