Pontrhydfendigaid

Coordinates: 52°16′56″N 3°51′46″W / 52.282289°N 3.862837°W / 52.282289; -3.862837

Pontrhydfendigaid
Welsh: Pontrhydfendigaid
Pontrhydfendigaid  Pontrhydfendigaid shown within Ceredigion
OS grid reference	SN730666
- Cardiff	90 mi (140 km) SE
Principal area	Ceredigion
Ceremonial county	Dyfed
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YSTRAD MEURIG
Postcode district	SY25
Dialling code	01974
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Ceredigion
Welsh Assembly	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 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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