:Cefn Coch

{{Short description|Hamlet near Llanfair Caereinion in Wales}}

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Cefn Coch is a small village or hamlet near Llanfair Caereinion in Mid Wales, located at {{gbmapping|SJ 0482 0284}}.{{Cite web|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/cefn-coch-powys--powys-sy210ae|title = Cefn Coch, Powys (SY21 0AE) - Powys - area information, map, walks and more}} In 2012, the village was chosen as the site for a substation serving several wind farms in the area, causing public outcry.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-19061941|title = Cefn Coch chosen as Powys substation site|work = BBC News|date = 31 July 2012}}

Cefn Coch (Red Hill) is also the name of a mountain inland from Penmaenmawr{{Citation |title=Penmaenmawr |date=2021 |work=Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology |pages=1029–1029 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58292-0_160337 |access-date=2024-10-21 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-030-58291-3}} in the county of Gwynedd which is known as the site of the so-called [https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=350 Druid's Circle], a Neolithic monument located on the [https://www.visitwales.com/attraction/adventure-or-themed-attraction/north-wales-pilgrims-way-1970682 North Wales Pilgrims' Way].{{Cite web |title=North Wales Pilgrims Way {{!}} VisitWales |url=https://www.visitwales.com/attraction/adventure-or-themed-attraction/north-wales-pilgrims-way-1970682 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=www.visitwales.com}} The site is of particular note for its stone alignments and subordinate circles and arrangements nearby. The stone circle predates Druids by at least two thousand years but it is entirely likely that the sect held their ceremonies there prior to their defeat at the hands of the Roman army in 60AD in nearby Anglesey.