Cefn Hirgoed is a ridge in Bridgend county borough in South Wales. The ridge extends for about 5 km east from the village of Sarn just north of Bridgend to Pen-prysg north of Pencoed. At the point where it reaches its highest elevation of 142m, are a couple of covered reservoirs. Towards the west the M4 motorway runs along the hill’s southern edge.
| Cefn Hirgoed | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
| Prominence | 44 m (144 ft)  |
| Coordinates | 51°32′10″N 3°31′55″W / 51.536°N 3.532°W |
| Naming | |
| English translation | back (ridge) of the long wood |
| Language of name | Welsh |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bridgend, Wales |
| OS grid | SS939829 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 170 / Explorer 151 |
Geology
editThe hill is formed from relatively hard-wearing sandstones of the South Wales Lower Coal Measures with mudstone layers between the sandstones which here dip steeply northwards into the South Wales Coalfield syncline.[1]
Access
editAlmost the entire hill is mapped as open country under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 giving a general right of access on foot to the public. It and the adjacent Hirwaun Common are also crossed by several public footpaths. A couple of minor roads, Heol Spencer and Heol Llan/Heol-Las, run north-south across the ridge.[2]
Duel
editEarly records refer to Robert Thomas who is 1661 was charged at the Great Sessions of Glamorgan with the murder of Edmund Thomas in a duel fought on Cefn Hirgoed on the 4th February 1660.
He was outlawed and his lands and possessions taken from him. In 1669 he was pardoned with a restitution of lands and possessions, including Tregroes House in Pencoed[3].
References
edit- ^ British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheet 248 Pontypridd & accompanying memoir
- ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map 151 Cardiff & Bridgend
- ^ Glamorgan Federation of Woman's Institues (1993). The Glamorgan Village Handbook. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. pp. P122. ISBN 1-85306-254-5.
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