Coordinates: 52°16′56″N 3°51′46″W / 52.282289°N 3.862837°W
| Pontrhydfendigaid | |
| Welsh: Pontrhydfendigaid | |
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  Pontrhydfendigaid
Pontrhydfendigaid shown within Wales |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| - Cardiff | 90 mi (140 km) SE |
| Principal area | Ceredigion |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Aberystwyth |
| Postcode district | SY23 |
| Dialling code | 01970 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Ceredigion |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Ceredigion | |
Pontrhydfendigaid is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, lying on the River Teifi.
It is known for the ruins of the Cistercian Strata Florida Abbey, founded 1164, where Dafydd ap Gwilym is said to be buried and Llywelyn the Great held a council.
The Beast of Bont is the name given to a a big cat said to range the area that was blamed for a number of sheep deaths around Pontrhydfendigaid during the 1980s and 1990s.
The village is home to an annual eisteddfod and a Celtic Music Society is based at the village's Black Lion Hotel.
The village was the birth place and home of Caradog Jones, the first Welshman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Pontrhydfendigaid in Fiction
In the novel The Discovery of Heaven by Dutch author Harry Mulisch, the village is the place where the characters Mr and Mrs Spiers spend their holidays.
External links
- Strata Florida Abbey
- BBC article about the Celtic Music Society
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pontrhydfendigaid and surrounding area
- grid reference SN730667
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