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Pentrecwrt (or Pentrecourt) is a village in north Carmarthenshire, Wales on the A486 road half way between Carmarthen and New Quay. ==History== Pencastell is a bracken and tree-clad motte that can be seen on the hillside above Pentrecwrt. The village takes its name from the court or farmyard of the Maenor Forion Grange at Whitland. The antiquary Edward Lhuyd, described it as the abbot’s summer retreat. It was established during the second half of the 12th century, when the land was granted to the Cistercian Whitland Abbey by the sons of the local Welsh lord Maredudd of Cilrhedyn. A corn mill and a fulling mill were located on the Afon Siedi at Geulan Felen, demonstrating that the abbey may have been an early pioneer of the textile industry in the area.〔(Archaeoogy in Wales )〕 Court Farm now stands on this site. Uphill from the village is the grange chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Capel Mair survived the Dissolution and became a chapel-of-ease to Llangeler parish. This suggests that many people lived on or near the grange lands by the sixteenth century. An early medieval inscribed stone was found in the churchyard. It has an inscription in Latin and Ogham, ''DECABARBALOM FILIUS BROCAGNI'', which translates as ''Cabarbalom son of Brocagnus''.〔〔(The Cistercian Way )〕 Near the church are two farms, Llwynyffynnon Uchaf and Llwynffynnon Isaf (Upper and Lower Well or Spring Grove). They are named after the holy well of Ffynnon Mair. A fine bridge over the River Teifi was built adjoining Alltcafan Mill in 1841. There is a plaque on the bridge commemorating the exertions of John Lloyd Davies of Blaendyffryn in commissioning the project.〔Jones, Alun L. (editor), ''A Century of Photographs''. (2000) pg. 105.〕 In 1895 the Great Western Railway extended their track by building a line from Llandysul to Newcastle Emlyn. Pentrecwrt Halt was opened in 1912. Milk was taken to the creamery from here and children travelled to school at Llandysul Grammar School. The station was closed in 1952.〔Jones, Alun L. (editor), ''A Century of Photographs''. (2000) pg. 27.〕 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「Pentrecwrt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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