Cylchgronau Cymru

-t- is silent. 'Amnen vocatur que Kerist' occurs in a charter conferring land in Trefeglwys. (Mont. Coll. XXXIII 240). According to GPC there is ceri, cerien, first met in the C13, = service tree, berries of wild briar, hips, kernels, medlar. A botanical derivation is a possibility. CERNIOG: v. a. Gerniog. n. y CERRIG: SJ 0299 n. Llyn Mawr R. On Enc. M. Dwyrhiw 1795/6. Are these the Cerrig (stones) which gave the name, the nearby Mynydd Cerrig Llwydion and Lluest y Cerrig? = of the stones. n. y CERRIG DUON: SJ 0629 Disgynfa/Rhaeadr L. = of the black stones. n. CERIG GEIFR: Cedig. v. n. Blaen y Caeau. = of the stones of goats. n. CERRIG GWYNION: SH 9928, joins Groes Fagl to become Tanat. = of white stones. n. CERRIG Y GROES: SH 9413, joins n. y Bwlch to become Banw. = of the stones of the cross. n. CERRIG Y MOCH: Cedig. v. n. Blaen y Caeau. = of the stones of the pigs. CEUNANT: Listed by S. as Trannon. Likely to be a tributary in the precipitous terrain above Llawryglyn. Ceunant < cau + nant. Cau = enclosed, hollow, sunken. Ceunant in GPC = ravine, deep dingle, gorge, brook. When it has the last mentioned meaning, it denotes a stream in a hollow, in a ravine. CEUNANT: SJ 1908 N. Rhyd y Moch Brook R. Ceunant is marked SJ 183086. CEUNANT Brook: Mentioned in P.H. Welshpool (Mont. Coll. VII, 294) as "known as Cefn Ysbin Brook (v.), Ceunant Brook and Llannerchydol Brook." On its course is Ceunant Bridge, SJ 2108 and Ceunant farm. CEUNANT BACH: SJ 0229 Eirth L. = small stream (in ravine). CEUNANT CROES; Appears twice in the lengthy list of streams in P.H. Llanwddyn (Mont. Coll. VI, 403), 1, Cedig, v. Blaen y Caeau, 2. Efyrnwy. The name appears twice probably through error or confusion on the part of the local historian as two streams so close together would be unlikely to bear the same name. = 'cross' stream. CEUNANT CLOCHNANT: SJ 0422 Barog L. Listed thus by M.E. = stream (in ravine) of the bell valley. n. y CEUNANT DU: SH 9919 Cawnwy L. The upper course is named n. y Ddwywern. S.E. lists this stream as Ceunant, alias nant y Ddwywern. = of the black ravine. CEUNANT Y FFERM: SJ 2017 -> Efyrnwy L. = stream (in ravine) of the farm. CEUNANT Y GLO: SJ 0115 --+ Efyrnwy R. Glo has the meaning charcoal as well as coal. It is named on Llangadfan T.M., 1840. CEUNANT MOEL NANT: Mentioned in P.H. Llanwddyn (Mont. Coll. VI. 402) as Lake Vyrnwy. = stream (in ravine) of the bare valley. CEUNANT LLWYD: SH 9813 Twrch R. Ceunant Llwyd shown on OS 1836. = of the gray ravine.