Cilgerran

Cilgerran (previously Kilgerran or Cil-Garon) is both a village, a <a href="/facts/Parish/6zgv12pD">parish</a>, and also a <a href="/facts/Community_(Wales)/FSa4LpTb">community</a>, situated on the south bank of the <a href="/facts/River_Teifi/RkDe7DNq">River Teifi</a> in <a href="/facts/Pembrokeshire/4cyk8WXB">Pembrokeshire</a>, <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Wales</a>. It was formerly an incorporated <a href="/facts/Market_town/gLsYmDe6">market town</a>.
Among Cilgerran's attractions are <a href="/facts/Cilgerran_Castle/XGIEAkhy">Cilgerran Castle</a> and annual <a href="/facts/Coracle/R2cvyGoJ">coracle</a> races. Kilgerran Halt was a stop on the former <a href="/facts/Whitland_and_Cardigan_Railway/6K0l38z9">Whitland and Cardigan Railway</a>. There are a number of <a href="/facts/Listed_building/PPx6CnfU">listed buildings</a>, including the parish church.
Nearby are the hamlets of Llwyncelyn, <a href="/facts/Rhoshill%2c_Pembrokeshire/y51b6jSp">Rhoshill</a>, Cnwce, <a href="/facts/Bridell/1zVkMWSl">Pen-y-bryn</a>, Carreg-wen and Pontrhydyceirt, and the villages of <a href="/facts/Llechryd/JX6PSSMI">Llechryd</a> and <a href="/facts/Boncath/N4C1r4F5">Boncath</a>.
<a href="/facts/Cilgerran_Hundred/buzsnJLG">Cilgerran Hundred</a> derives its title from the former town, which was once the headquarters of the <a href="/facts/Commote/ngP1G5tH">commote</a> of Emlyn is Cuch (Emlyn below the <a href="/facts/Afon_Cych/se14PdzT">River Cych</a>).
Slate quarrying was an important activity in the 19th century.

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