Pen-y-wenallt is a hamlet 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 ...

(formerly Cardiganshire),

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. Pen-y-wenallt lies halfway between

Cenarth Cenarth () is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, on the border between Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, and close to the border with Pembrokeshire, Wales. It stands on the banks of the River Teifi, east of Cardigan and west o ...

and

Pont Ceri Pont Ceri is a small village in the community of Llandyfriog, Ceredigion, Wales, located where the Afon Ceri flows into the River Teifi, northwest of Newcastle Emlyn. Pont Ceri is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru) and the is ...

, bordering on

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as ...

, and is a constituent of the Parish of Llandygwydd.''Pen-y-wenallt''
Historic Place Names website; accessed May 2018 The

River Teifi , name_etymology = , image = File:Llyn Teifi - geograph.org.uk - 41773.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Llyn Teifi, the source of the Teifi , map = , map_size = , map_caption ...

(or ''Afon Teifi'') flows along its southern border. Pen-y-wenallt was the home of the seventeenth century theologian,

Theophilus Evans Theophilus Evans (February 1693 – 11 September 1767) was a Welsh clergyman and historian. Life Evans' father was from Pen-y-wenallt and he was christened in the church in Llandygwydd in Cardiganshire in 1693. Evans served curacies in Brecknock ...

.'' Evans , Theophilus (1693 - 1767), cleric, historian, and man of letters''
"Dictionary of Welsh Biography"; National Library online; accessed May 2018

References

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