Pontrhydfendigaid
Pontrhydfendigaid
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| Pontrhydfendigaid shown within Ceredigion | |
| OS grid reference | SN730666 |
| • Cardiff | 90 mi (140 km)SE |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| 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 |
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Pontrhydfendigaid is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It lies on the western flank of the Cambrian Mountains, and is located between Devil's Bridge and Tregaron. The village lies on the River Teifi, the source of which is just 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to east at Llyn 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 station at Strata Florida was positioned to serve the village.
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 birthplace and home of Caradog Jones, the first Welshman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
It is in the Community of Ystrad Fflur.
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.
The Beast of Bont is the name given to a big cat said to roam the area, Pontrhydfendigaid being at its centre (Bont being the local abbreviation/colloquial name for Pontrhydfendigaid). It was blamed for the death of 12 sheep in June 1981. After a number of livestock attacks in the mid-1990s, Ministry of Agriculture veterinarians inspected a sheep carcass "and declared that the killer was a great deal more powerful than a fox or dog". The Dyfed-Powys police then searched the area, but failed to find the animal.
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