Cefn Hirgoed
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| elevation_m = 142
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| translation = back (ridge) of the long wood
| language = Welsh
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| topo = OS Landranger 170 / Explorer 151
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Cefn Hirgoed is a ridge in Bridgend county borough in South Wales.
The ridge extends for about 5 km east from the village of Sarn just north of Bridgend to Pen-prysg north of Pencoed. At the point where it reaches its highest elevation of 142m, are a couple of covered reservoirs. Towards the west the M4 motorway runs along the hill’s southern edge.
Geology
The hill is formed from relatively hard-wearing sandstones of the South Wales Lower Coal Measures with mudstone layers between the sandstones which here dip steeply northwards into the South Wales Coalfield syncline.British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheet 248 Pontypridd & accompanying memoir
Access
Almost the entire hill is mapped as open country under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 giving a general right of access on foot to the public. It and the adjacent Hirwaun Common are also crossed by several public footpaths. A couple of minor roads, Heol Spencer and Heol Llan/Heol-Las, run north-south across the ridge.Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map 151 Cardiff & Bridgend
Duel
Early records refer to Robert Thomas who is 1661 was charged at the Great Sessions of Glamorgan with the murder of Edmund Thomas in a duel fought on Cefn Hirgoed on the 4th February 1660.
He was outlawed and his lands and possessions taken from him. In 1669 he was pardoned with a restitution of lands and possessions, including Tregroes House in Pencoed.{{Cite book |last=Glamorgan Federation of Woman's Institues |title=The Glamorgan Village Handbook |publisher=Countryside Books |year=1993 |isbn=1-85306-254-5 |location=Newbury, Berkshire |publication-date=1993 |pages=P122 |language=English}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=43084149 images of Cefn Hirgoed and area on Geograph website]