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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Penmaen contained the following places:

"PENMAEN, a parish in the hundred of Swansea, county Glamorgan, 3 miles from Penrice, and 10 S.W. of Swansea, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated at the foot of Cefn-y-Bryn, one of the loftiest mountains in South Wales, on which is a large cromlech, called the "Stone of Skelty," or "King Arthur's Stone." The parish includes the village of Paviland. From Oxwich Point, about 2½ miles distant, is a view of Oxwich Bay, with its shores, caverns, and promontories. In the vicinity are Penrice, or Pen-Rhys, and Oxwich Castles, the former built under the towers of the ancient fortress of the same name, and the latter a ruin of the 16th century, with a Gothic window. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of St. David's, value £210."

"PAVILAND, a hamlet in the parish of Penmaen, county Glamorgan, 10 miles S.W. of Swansea. It is situated by the sea-coast, and has traces of a British camp. There are two limestone caves in the cliffs, in which bones of various extinct animals were discovered by Dr. Buckland in 1823."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018