Afon Ceirig

Coordinates: 52°37′20″N 3°45′47″W / 52.6222°N 3.7631°W / 52.6222; -3.7631
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Afon Ceirig
The Afon Ceirig at the confluence with the Nant-yr-Nele
Location
CountryWales
Physical characteristics
SourceEsgair Llewelyn
 • elevation600 ft (180 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Mathafarn
 • coordinates
52°37′20″N 3°45′47″W / 52.6222°N 3.7631°W / 52.6222; -3.7631
 • elevation
80 ft (24 m)

The Afon Ceirig is a small river in Mid Wales. It flows from Esgair Llewelyn in the middle of the Dyfi Hills down to Mathafarn, north-west of Cemmaes Road, where it joins the Afon Dyfi.[1] Between 1763 and around 1840 a water corn mill stood on the river at Bryn Melin, north of Mathafarn.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The London Gazette. H.M. Stationery Office. 1966.
  2. ^ "A History and Conspectus of Montgomeryshire Water Corn Mills". The Montgomeryshire Collections. 87. Welshpool: Powys-land Club: 55. 1999.