Cylchgronau Cymru

Adjoining Ffynon Coll is a little hill-side farm called to-day by the name of Llanrach, which should be called Llanerch. = an open glade. Situated on the summit of the hill, are some very remarkable stone boulders, as well as standing stones, but whether they have been placed there by human hand, or by natural forces no one can tell. Not far from Llanerch are to be found on Aberedw Hills two mounds one of which bears the marks of the destructive hand of the mound researcher. ROGER WILLIAMS. PARISH OF ABEREDW. NAME. SUGGESTED MEANINGS AND REMARKS. 1. War Coed » Should be "Gwar-y-Coed" = above the wood. Another construction of the word "War" is "Oddiar." Gargoed is the name of a farm in Cardiganshire. 2. Drum y From the word Trum meaning a ridge. 3. Cae Sowdwl y It might mean Sawdl = a heel, but more likely to mean Sodol = soft. 4. Mace y Evidently Maes, which means open field. This is a common corruption in Radnor- shire. 5. Ffynon Goll y y Ffynon means a well and goll is a corrup- tion of the word Collen = hazel. In Montgomeryshire we have a place called Ffynon Gollen = The Hazel Well, or The Well among the Hazels. 6. Mount Rascal y Rascal is a word applied in Radnorshire to a place exposed to all weather. In the parish of Glascwm there is a hill of very poor quality, and exposed to all winds called Starving Rascal. It is a surprise to find an English name here in the midst of Welsh names, and but for the word mount" which means a hill one would have felt inclined to say that Rascal was a corruption of the word Rhysgol or Rhysgog which means land over-grown. The Welsh for Mount Rascal would be Bryn Dyhiryn." 6. Cae Hwnt T The field opposite or on the otherside. 7. Cae Gething y Cethin = rough or awkward. Cae Cethin is a name of a farm in the parish of St. Harmons. From the situation of the field, and the nature of it, I would say that this is Cae Eithin = The Gorse Field. 8. Malt House Field Cae-y-Bragdy. 9. Cae rhyn doy cwm Should be Cae Rhwng dau Gwm = The field between two dingles.