Mynydd Bach
{{Short description|Mountains in Ceredigion, Wales}}
{{About-distinguish-text|the hills in Ceredigion|the Swansea suburb, Mynydd-Bach,|the village near Shirenewton, Mynydd-bâch, Monmouthshire}}
File:Mynydd_Bach_-_geograph.org.uk_-_41639.jpg
{{langnf|cy|Mynydd Bach|small mountain}} is located in the midlands of Ceredigion. It is a range of low hills, rather than a single mountain as its name suggests. The highest point reaches 329 meters above sea level. This area contains a few small villages and is an important place in Ceredigion’s cultural history.
Geography
Mynydd Bach lies between Cors Caron (also known as the Tregaron Bog) to the east and the Cardigan Bay coastline to the west. Llyn Eiddwen is located on its western slope and is preserved as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSI).{{cite web|url=http://www.welshwildlife.org/llyn-eiddwen-bronnant-ceredigion |title=Llyn Eiddwen, Bronnant, Ceredigion |publisher=The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales |access-date=May 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531013712/http://www.welshwildlife.org/llyn-eiddwen-bronnant-ceredigion/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 31, 2015}} The mountain is crossed by a country lane that passes near Llyn Eiddwen, through Bontnewydd and connects Trefenter and Blaenpennal.
Villages on Mynydd Bach include:
- Bethania
- Blaenpennal
- Bontnewydd
- Bronant
- Llangwyryfon
- Lledrod
- Penuwch
- Trefenter
History and Culture
The mountain is connected to four notable poets from local villages who competed at the National Eisteddfod. They include: T. Hughes Jones (1895-1966), B. T. Hopkins (1897-1981), J. M. Edwards (1903-1978) and Edward Prosser Rhys (1901-1945). A stone memorial to these four sits just south of Trefenter near Llyn Eiddwen.{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMADCQ_Four_Welsh_Poets_Mynydd_Bach_Trefenter_Ceredigion_Wales |title=Four Welsh Poets, Mynydd Bach, Trefenter, Ceredigion, Wales - Dead Poets' Society Memorials on |publisher=Waymarking.com |date=2010-12-31 |access-date=2015-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525033844/http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMADCQ_Four_Welsh_Poets_Mynydd_Bach_Trefenter_Ceredigion_Wales |url-status=live |archive-date=May 25, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.placiauawduron.org/placiau/?id=136266 |title=Beirdd y Mynydd Bach |publisher=Placiauawduron.org |access-date=2015-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525035409/http://www.placiauawduron.org/placiau/?id=136266 |archive-date=May 25, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/hanes/safle/lleol/tudalen/canolbarth_gogledd_ceredigion2.shtml |title=Hanes trefi a phentrefi gogledd Ceredigion (parhad) |publisher=BBC Cymru |access-date=2015-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924205010/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/hanes/safle/lleol/tudalen/canolbarth_gogledd_ceredigion2.shtml |url-status=live |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}
References
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Further reading
{{cite book |editor1-last=Ellis |editor1-first=T. I. |date=1952 |title=Y Mynydd Bach |language=cy |publisher=Cyfres Crwydro Cymru}}
{{cite book |author1-last=Jones |author1-first=Evan |date=1990 |title=Y Mynydd Bach a Bro Eiddwen |trans-title=Mynydd Bach and the Eiddwen Neighbourhood |language=cy |publisher=Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion}}
{{cite book |editor1-last=Edwards |editor1-first=Emyr |date=1999 |title=Bro a Bywyd: Beirdd y Mynydd Bach |trans-title=Country and Life: Poets of Mynydd Bach |language=cy |publisher=Cyhoeddiadau Barddas |isbn=978-1-900-437-349 }}
{{cite book |editor1-last=Stephens |editor1-first=Meic |date=1997 |title=Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru |trans-title=Companion to the Literature of Wales |language=cy |publisher=Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru |isbn=978-0-708-313-824 }}
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