Dol-y-bont ("bridge meadow") is a village in

Ceredigion Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cere ...

, Wales; It lies near

Borth Borth ( cy, Y Borth) is a village and seaside resort in Ceredigion, Mid Wales, 7 miles (11 km) north of Aberystwyth on the Ceredigion Coast Path. The community includes the settlement of Ynyslas. The population was 1,399 in 2011. From bein ...

, to the north of

Llandre Llandre, or Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, is a village in Ceredigion, Wales. It lies 5 miles north of Aberystwyth in the north-west of the county, on the road from Rhydypennau to Borth. To the north of the community lies the village of Dôl-y-bo ...

. Dôl is Welsh for "meadow", Bont is Welsh for "bridge". The village was the birthplace of Welsh bard and scholar Dewi Teifi (1877–1971), and the retirement location of British

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(1903–1979). The area experienced extensive flooding in June 2012.Bourke, Fionnuala. IT'S FLOODY AWFUL

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