Cilgerran
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 View over Cilgerran town |
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| Population | 1,507 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SN195427 |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CILGERRAN |
| Postcode district | SA43 |
| Dialling code | 01239 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | |
Cilgerran (previously Kilgerran or Cil-Garon) is a parish, community and formerly incorporated market town situated on the River Teifi in north Pembrokeshire, Wales. The town gives its name to the Hundred of Cilgerran and was previously the headquarters of the commote of Emlyn is Cuch.
Among Cilgerran's attractions are Cilgerran Castle and annual coracle races. Kilgerran Halt was a stop on the former Whitland and Cardigan Railway. There are a number of listed buildings, including the parish church.
Nearby are the hamlets of Llwyncelyn, Rhoshill, Cnwce, Pen-y-bryn, Carreg-wen and Pontrhydyceirt, and the villages of Llechryd and Boncath.
Cilgerran lies 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level close to the southern bank of the River Teifi as it flows north-west towards its estuary beyond Cardigan. The stream Afon Plysgog which rises on nearby Rhoshill runs under the road to the west of Cilgerran on its way to join the Teifi to the north of the town. A mixture of woodland and pasture surrounds the town, which is strung out along a fairly level C-class road in an east-west orientation connecting with the A478 at Pen-y-bryn to the west and the A484 at Llechryd, Ceredigion, to the east.
Cilgerran Castle, strategically built in 1100 at "Cenarth Bychan", high above the River Teifi, is the castle from which Owain of Powys is said to have abducted Nest in 1109. Originally in Cantref Emlyn (Emlyn Is-Cych), Cilgerran came under Norman control with the building of the castle, from where the Lordship of Cilgerran was administered. The Welsh under the Lord Rhys regained control from 1164-5 (the date of the first recording of the name "Cilgerran") to 1223. By 1204 the town was beginning to grow, with 22 taxpayers recorded in 1292.
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