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5 unusual facts about Cefn


Cefn

F.C. Cefn, a football club based in Cefn Mawr, playing in the Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Premier Division

Cefn Druids A.F.C., a football club based in Cefn Mawr, playing in the Cymru Alliance.

Cefn Cil Sanws

A public footpath and a bridleway at its southern end provide access from the A470 road and from Cefn-coed-y-cymmer.

Cefn-coed-y-cymmer

It is the third largest viaduct in Wales and was designed by engineers Alexander Sutherland and Henry Conybeare.

Mynydd Carn-y-cefn

There are numerous landslips on the flanks of the ridge, notably above Blaina.


Cefn Cul

Cefn Cul is a hill in the Fforest Fawr sector of the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Powys, south Wales.

Cefn Golau

Cefn Golau is a disused cholera cemetery situated on a narrow mountain ridge in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, and located between Rhymney and Tredegar in south-east Wales.

Cefn Mably

The district of Cefn Mably makes up part of St Mellons, a small suburb on the east side of Cardiff.

Cefn Manmoel

Cefn Manmoel is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Sirhowy Valley and Ebbw Vale in the Valleys region of South Wales.

Ewyas

By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Ewyas or Ewias was an autonomous area bounded by the Black Mountains in the west, Graig Syfyrddin in the south, the line of the Golden Valley in the east, and Yager Hill and Cefn Hill to the north, just below the village of Clifford Castle near Hay-on-Wye.

Mynydd Llangorse

The Beacons Way ascends Cefn Moel from Bwlch before dropping into the cwm en route for the hamlet of Cwmdu in the Rhiangoll valley to the east.

The broad spur of Cefn Moel extends south towards the village of Bwlch whilst a spur to the southeast forms Pen Tir which reaches just over 450m above sea level.

The Curlew

Warlock completed the work in Cefn Bryntalch, his family home in Llandyssil, near Montgomery in Wales.

Wigfair Hall

Wigfair Hall is a large country house standing in an elevated position above the River Elwy near the village of Cefn Meiriadog, Denbighshire, Wales.


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