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Erwood ((ウェールズ語:Erwyd)) is a village lying beside the River Wye, on the A470 road some 6 miles south-east of Builth Wells in Powys, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 429.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Community population 2011 )〕 It is in the historic county of Brecknockshire and the older cantref of Cantref Selyf. Nant Clettwr, flowing from west to east before turning north through the village to join the River Wye, divides Erwood between the two parishes of Gwenddwr, to the northwest, and Crickadarn, to the southeast. The church of Saint Dubricius in Gwenddwr was extensively rebuilt in the Victorian period after a fire.〔()〕 In former times drovers would ford the Wye at Erwood on their journey towards the English Midlands and eventually London, where they would sell their livestock.〔Roads and Trackways of Wales, 2002, Richard Moore-Colyer〕 Erwood is overlooked from across the Wye by the ancient hill-fort of Twyn y Garth.〔(Ordnance Survey ) of the United Kingdom〕 On its 325-metre-high summit is a German field howitzer, a trophy from World War I. The fact that it is pointing towards Erwood from the neighbouring county of Radnorshire is part of a local running joke. At the southern end of the community, on the Nant Scithwen, is Trericket Mill where Roderick Murchison recorded in the 1830s that he had identified "the first true Silurian".〔Duncan Hawley, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association〕 == Village name == The name Erwood is of uncertain origin and is recorded in numerous forms over the centuries. It may derive from the rare ''cerwyd'' meaning 'stag' with subsequent anglicization to '-wood'. It is known in Welsh as ''Erwyd'' which may be a cymricization of Erwood.〔Owen, H.W. and Morgan, R. 2007 ''Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales'' Gomer Press, Ceredigion ISBN 9781843239017〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erwood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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