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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Llanmadog contained the following places:
"LLANMADOG, a parish in the hundred of Swansea, county Glamorgan, 13 miles W. of Swansea, its post town. It is situated at the extreme W. of the county, between Bury river and Rossilli Bay. Limestone is obtained here. The village consists of a few farmhouses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's, value £112. The church is dedicated to St. Madoc. On the Llanmadog Hill are the remains of a circular Roman camp, and from this point there is an extensive prospect. A few years back many bonesof extinct animals, as also some of the human species, were found here in a bone-cave on the coast.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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