Pentrecwrt is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.0208°, -4.3500°.

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Pentrecwrt

Pentrecwrt in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

Ordnance Survey Flush Bracket (S0434) - geograph.org.uk - 6322564 — Adrian Dust — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 45 min–1.5 h

Pentrecwrt is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Pentrecwrt (or Pentrecourt) is a village in north Carmarthenshire, Wales on the A486 road halfway between Carmarthen and New Quay.

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Background

History

Pencastell is a bracken and tree-clad motte that can be seen on the hillside above Pentrecwrt. The village takes its name from the court or farmyard of the Maenor Forion Grange at Whitland. The antiquary Edward Lhuyd, described it as the abbot's summer retreat. It was established during the second half of the 12th century, when the land was granted to the Cistercian Whitland Abbey by the sons of the local Welsh lord Maredudd of Cilrhedyn. A corn mill and a fulling mill were located on the Afon Siedi at Geulan Felen, demonstrating that the abbey may have been an early pioneer of the textile industry in the area. Court Farm now stands on this site. Uphill from the village is the grange…

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