Cilycwm

St Michael's church

Cilycwm[a] (Welsh: Cil-y-cwm, IPA: [ˈkiːl ə ˈkʊm]) is a village, parish and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 487.[2]

Cilycwm lies on the west bank of Afon Gwenlais, a tributary of the Tywi, north of the town of Llandovery. Pont Dolauhirion, a bridge that crosses the Tywi at the south of the community was designed by William Edwards and is a copy of his famous bridge at Pontypridd.[3] The bridge is a grade I listed structure [4]

The parish church of St Michael's is also a grade I listed building.[5]

  1. ^ GENUKI page. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg144 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
  4. ^ "Dolauhirion Bridge, Llandovery". British Listed buildings. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Church of St Michael, Cilycwm". British Listed buildings. Retrieved 19 December 2013.


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