Bronant is a
hamlet
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in the county of
Ceredigion
Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. C ...
, mid
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. It lies on the
A485 road
The A485 is an A road linking Tanerdy near Carmarthen to Llanfarian near Aberystwyth in Wales.
Settlements along the route include:
*Tanerdy
* Peniel
* Rhydargaeau
* Pontarsais
*Alltwalis
*Gwyddgrug
* New Inn
*Gwndwn
* Llanllwni
*Abergiar
*L ...
which runs north from
Tregaron to
Llanilar and falls within the
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, villag ...
of
Lledrod. The
Cors Caron national nature reserve lies three miles to the southeast. Also of note is the Roman road of
Sarn Helen which passes to the east of the hamlet.
[Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map sheet 199 ''Lampeter''] It is known to geologists as it gives its name to the
Bronnant Fault
The Bronnant Fault is a geological fault affecting the lower Palaeozoic rocks of the counties of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire in West Wales. The feature is mapped over part of its length as the Bronnant Fault Zone and is closely associated with th ...
.
Notable People
*
David Owen Morgan
David Owen Morgan FRSE (19 August 1893 – 17 November 1959) was a 20th-century British zoologist.
Life
He was born in the village of Bronant near Aberystwyth in Wales on 19 August 1893. He was educated at Tregaron County School.
In the First W ...
FRSE
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This so ...
(1893-1959) parasitologist and cell biologist born and raised here.
References
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Hamlets in Wales