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Gwbert ((:ˈɡubɛrt)), also known as Gwbert-on-Sea, is a small cliff top coastal hamlet in Y Ferwig community, Ceredigion, Wales. It lies at the most southerly coastal point of Ceredigion, on the eastern shore of the Teifi estuary, from where there are views westwards over Cardigan Bay, and south-westwards to Poppit Sands and the headland of Cemaes Head, in neighbouring Pembrokeshire. It is most easily reached by the B4548 road from the town of Cardigan (Welsh : ''Aberteifi''), away. Gwbert as seen today essentially dates back only as far as the early 20th century, the most prominent buildings being the extensive Cliff Hotel and the smaller Gwbert Hotel. The settlement has an interesting history as a failed would-be resort, but despite its lack of facilities it is a popular holiday venue, being within easy reach of the Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire coastlines, both rich in scenery and wildlife. The Ceredigion Coast Path, a 60-mile (96 km) long-distance footpath, and part of the Wales Coast Path, passes through Gwbert,〔(Ceredigion Coast Path - Cardigan to Aberporth ) Retrieved 2 January 2012〕 making a marked detour inland north of the Cliff Hotel to avoid a dangerous cliff path.〔 ==Etymology== Before the area was populated at the end of the 19th century, it was often called ''The'' Gwbert.〔("Cardigan's New Brighton" - Cardigan & Tivy Side Advertiser, 1889 ) Retrieved 28 September 2011〕 The name ''Gwbert'' is thought to derive from a Celtic dedication (i.e. St Cubert),〔''Cardiganshire County History: From the earliest times to the coming of the Normans'', by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, J. L. Davies, D. P. Kirby, Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society, Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, 1994〕 suggesting that a chapel may have existed here at one time. Gwbert, a wandering saint, is said to have landed here and sheltered in a cave. In fact Gwbert is among a group of five Saints (the others being Pedrog, Briog, Carannog and Meugana) honoured in church dedications near the mouth of the river Teifi, and also in churches lying in close proximity to each other in mid-Cornwall, and then again in neighbouring churches in Brittany.〔''Ceredigion : Journal of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society'' - Vol. 2, nos. 1-4 - 1952-1955〕 Although ''Gwbert'' is not recorded, by name, as a settlement in medieval documentation, Towyn Farm — on the northern edge of the adjoining dunes — was recorded as a late medieval gentry house/settlement, owned by Gwilym ap Einon, constable of Cardigan Castle, in 1326.〔(Cambria.org website ) Retrieved 28 September 2011〕 The name "Pant-y-Gilbert" appears on maps of 1697, and both this and "Gwbert" had been used by 1748. The spelling "Goobert" appears on an 1838 map.〔''The place-names of Cardiganshire, Volume 1'' (2004) by Iwan Wmffre〕 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「Gwbert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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