Penparc

{{Short description|Village in Ceredigion, Wales}}

{{About|the village in southwest Ceredigion|the village in Pembrokeshire|Penparc, Pembrokeshire}}

{{distinguish|text = Penparcau, the village in northern Ceredigion}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| static_image = File:Penparc - geograph.org.uk - 1475943.jpg

| static_image_caption = Penparc

| coordinates = {{coord|52.101866|-4.612508|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Penparc

| population =

| unitary_wales = Ceredigion

| constituency_westminster = Ceredigion Preseli

| post_town = Cardigan

| postcode_district = SA43

| postcode_area = SA

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SN21175 47973

}}

Penparc (also known as Penyparc) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, on the A487 road {{convert|3|mi}} northeast of Cardigan.

The surrounding land is principally used for cattle grazing although the significant glacial sand deposits{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/290917/scho0207blyo-e-e.pdf|title=The Ordovician and Silurian meta-sedimentary aquifers of central and south-west Wales |publisher=The Environment Agency|access-date=20 April 2016| date=2005|isbn=978-1-84432-642-6}} are also commercially used as a source of sand and gravel.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/midwales/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9359000/9359473.stm|title=Penparc residents angry over quarry extension plans |publisher= BBC|date=13 January 2011|access-date=20 April 2016}}

To the east of the village, near a prominent conical hill, is the site of the Battle of Crug Mawr, fought in 1136.{{cite web|title=Dyfed Archaeological Trust: Cardigan|url=http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/HLC/lowerteifivalley/cardigan.htm|access-date=13 May 2018}}